The court remanded EFCC boss Bawa in prison
The court remanded EFCC boss Bawa in prison
A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has jailed the Chairman of the Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, for disobeying court orders.
The court also ordered the Inspector General of Police to arrest Bawa and keep him in Kuje prison for 14 days until he acquits himself of contempt.
Judge Rukayat Ayoola of the Kogi State High Court, in her ruling today Monday,
The court accepted the request to adjourn the trial of the EFCC chairman in prison for refusing to comply with the court's decision on November 30, 2022, where the chairman of the EFCC was ordered to present the wanted person. Aliyu Bello.
The lawyer who filed the case, Sumaila Abbas, sued the court for the illegal arrest and detention of Bello, which the court sentenced him to, but the EFCC prosecuted him on charges of misappropriation of funds. three and the decision.
The EFCC's request to set aside and suspend the execution of the judgment was denied due to lack of merit.
The court ordered that the EFCC and Bawa submit the notification along with Form 49 by way of exchange.
The court also ordered the defendant to submit an apology to the defendant in a national newspaper and give him 10 million naira in compensation.
If not, on December 15, 2022, the EFCC arraigned Bello in court on charges of embezzlement by a federal high court in Abuja.