The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdurasheed Bawa, has taken steps to avoid imprisonment in Kuje prison following a court order.
At the end of the 2023 budget defence with the House of Representatives Committee on Anti-Corruption, on Tuesday, Bawa told reporters that he has appealed the order.
“Well, we have appealed against it, so we allow the natural course of law to take its effect,” the anti-graft agency boss said.
Justice Chizoba Oji had ordered the arrest of Bawa for failing to carry out the directive of Justice Muawiyah Idris in a case against Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Rufus Adeniyi Ojuawo.
Justice Idris had ruled in November 2018 that EFCC had no case against Ojuawo after its inability to submit evidence beyond reasonable doubt to prosecute the Air Vice Marshal.
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