By Ogochukwu Isioma
Like his embattled Central Bank counterpart, Godwin Emefiele, the suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has landed in DSS custody.
Confirming the development, spokesperson for the Department of State Services, Peter Afunanya, in a statement late Wednesday night, said Bawa arrived its office a few hours ago.
Afunanya noted that the suspended anti-graft agency’s chairman was in DSS custody to honour the secret police’s invitation as it relates to some investigative activities concerning him.
President Bola Tinubu had on Wednesday approved the indefinite suspension from office of Bawa as the Chairman of the EFCC, “to allow for proper investigation into his conduct while in office.”
A statement by Willie Bassey, a Director of Information in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), said Bawa’s suspension followed weighty allegations of abuse of office levelled against him.
Bawa was directed to immediately hand over the affairs of his office to the Director, Operations in the anti-graft agency, who will oversee the affairs of the Office of the Chairman of the EFCC pending the conclusion of the investigation.
He became the second head of government top agency to be suspended from office within one week by President Tinubu, and picked up by the DSS after Godwin Emefiele, the embattled Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
