The Department of State Services, DSS, has invited the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, for questioning.
President Tinubu approved Bawa’s suspension on grounds of allegedly abusing his office.
In a statement on Wednesday night, the agency said Bawa arrived the agency some hours ago.
Apple’s Bite reports that Bawa is a Nigerian detective and law enforcement agent who served as the Chairman of EFCC from 24 February 2021 to 14 June 2023.
He replaced Umar Mohammed Abba, the acting Chairman of the commission. Until his appointment, he was the Deputy Chief Superintendent of the anti-graft agency.
Bawa was nominated as substantive Chairman of EFCC on 16 February 2021, and on 24 February 2021 he was confirmed by the National Assembly as the Executive Chairman, officially taking over from the Mr Ibrahim Magu, the former acting Chairman of the Commission.
Bawa joined the EFCC as an Assistant Detective Superintendent (ADS) in 2004. He was in October 2015 appointed to head the commission’s investigations of Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources and her associates.
He has been part of the prosecution of advance fee fraud, official corruption, bank fraud, EFCC and other related crimes. The youngest chairman of EFCC till date.
He was trained by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN), and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
On June 14, 2023, Nigeria President Bola Tinubu suspended Bawa from his position as Chairman of the EFCC for abuse of office.
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