The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja has sentenced the chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa, to jail for contempt.
The Nation newspaper reported that the judge, Chizoba Oji, convicted Mr Bawa and ordered the Inspector of General of Police to put him in Kuje prison in Abuja for disobeying an earlier order of the court.
Ms Oji, according to the report, convicted and jailed Mr Bawa on 28 October in a ruling on an application by a former Director of Operations at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Rufus Ojuawo.
The EFCC, on Tuesday, vowed to appeal the ruling in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES.
Mr Ojuawo, a retired air vice marshal (AVM), was previously prosecuted by the EFCC on corruption charges but was acquitted by another judge of the FCT High Court.
In his application levelling a charge of contempt against EFCC and its chairperson, Mr Ojuawo accused the agency and its leadership of violating the…
