President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,GCFR, has approved the indefinite suspension from office of Mr. AbdulRasheed Bawa, CON, as the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to allow for proper investigation into his conduct while in office.
Bawa’s suspension was conytained in a statement from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and signed by Willie Bassey, Director of Information.
According to the statement, the action of Mr. President ‘follows weighty allegations of abuse of office levelled against him’.
accordingly, Mr Bawa has been directed to immediately handover the affairs of his office to the Director, Operations in the Commission, who will oversee the affairs of the Office of the Chairman of the Commission pending the conclusion of the investigation.
