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According to the Lagos-based human rights lawyer, the remand order of Bawa has since expired.
Ajulo’s call is imperative in order to avoid infringing on the accused fundamental rights.
Jideonwo shared an excerpt of the interview on his Instagram page on June 19, 2023, days after his suspension.
The way the Buhari Administration handled the naira redesign policy showed the weaknesses of a leader that was never been in charge.
Bawa was on the seat for two years and four months, and it is highly unlikely that he will return to the same seat.
They hailed President Bola Tinubu’s administration for showing bold will to fix the wrongs in critical areas of the Nigerian system and doing the right things in seemingly complex circumstances.
This is coming just hours after his indefinite suspension by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, announced on Tuesday.
The Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, revealed this
The CNPP and the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja and jointly signed by the CNPP Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu and the National Secretary of the CNCSOs, Alhaji Ali Abacha, the groups noted that from their investigations, “allegations against the EFCC chairman were mere concoctions and at best, imaginary.”
The Spokesman for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, threw the challenge in a statement he issued on Friday night.
The leaders of the organisations who said they had refused to be cowed into shelving their agitation for a genuine fight against corruption in Nigeria, said inasmuch as elected officials must account for their actions in office, they shared Matawalle’s view that the investigations must not be selective but all-embracing.
The Chairman of the anti-graft agency, Abdulrasheed Bawa, made the disclosure at a press briefing on Thursday
Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Executive Chairman of the commission, made the disclosure on Thursday in Benin, Edo State.
EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said one of the ministries was involved in 20 contract frauds running into N4 billion.
A statement signed by the EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren said Bawa made the commitment when the Commandant of AFIT, AVM Olugbeji Jemitola, visited the Commission in Abuja.
The lawyers, who said this was part of the resolutions reached at the end of their Annual Conference, with the theme: “Democracy and the Rule of Law”, held in Abuja between March 20 and 21, 2023, said it would only be appropriate for Nigerian courts to entertain EFCC cases when Bawa must have purged himself of contempt by obeying all subsisting court orders binding on him.
In a press statement signed by spokesperson for the over 130 CSOs, including more than 20 constitutional lawyers, Olufemi Lawson, the activists disclosed that they had also submitted a copy of the petition to the Inspector-General of Police.
PRNigeria gathered that six senior staff of the commission who falsified their age records (dates of birth) have been detected, during a promotion interview for senior EFCC operatives.
They said on Friday that the ugly development was occurring under the leadership of Abdulrasheed Bawa.