Court sends EFCC chairman to Kuje prison, gives marching order to IGP

  • The Kogi state high court has ordered the IGP to arrest and detain the chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, in Kuje prison for 14 days
  • Bawa was said to have disobeyed the court order that asked him to provide an application in the case of Ali Bello
  • Bello has dragged the anti-graft agency boss before the court over the claim that he was illegally arrested and detained by the EFCC

Lokoja, Kogi – Abdulrasheed Bawa, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been ordered to be remanded at Kuje correctional prison over disobedience to a court order.

According to Daily Independent, the Inspector-General of Police also received an order to effect the arrest of Bawa and remand him in the prison for the next 14 days until he clears himself of the court contempt.