OVER a month after his arrest by the Department of State Services (DSS), suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa has been denied access to lawyers and family members, The ICIR has learnt.
Bawa, it was also reliably gathered, has also not made any statement to the Service since his arrest.This is coming as former CBN governor Godwin Emiefele, who was arrested about the same time as Bawa by the secret service, was last Friday, July 14, charged to court for illegal possession of arms.
Bawa and Emiefele are believed to have gotten into trouble with the newly elected Bola Tinubu government for the role they played in the naira change policy believed to be targeted at the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, who eventually emerged winner in the 2023 presidential election.
The DSS invited and detained Bawa on Thursday, June 14, over undisclosed allegations.
The invitation followed Bawa’s indefinite suspension by President Bola Tinubu.
A statement released on Thursday, June 14, by the spokesperson of the DSS, Peter Afunanya, stated that Bawa had acknowledged the invitation and arrived at the facility of the Service.
According to Afunanya, “Bawa arrived a few hours ago. The invitation relates to some investigative activities concerning him.”
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