SaharaReporters reported how Bawa was taken from the headquarters of the secret police to a private facility to have total control over him after he refused to write any statements in custody.
Human rights activist and candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 presidential election, Omoyele Sowore has said the continued detention of the suspended Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa by the Department of State Services (DSS) without arraignment for proper charges smacks of political detention.
Sowore, who said this in a tweet on Friday, described how the DSS operatives are handling Bawa's case as appearing to be political persecution, adding that President Bola Tinubu should release him without any further delay.
Sowore wrote: “It is now obvious that suspended Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa of @officialEFCC is now a political detainee, his prolonged detention by the lawless @OfficialDSSNG for such a prolonged period without charges smacks of political persecution. @officialABA must release Bawa without further delay.”
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In July, SaharaReporters reported how Bawa was taken from the headquarters of the secret police to a private facility to have total control over him after he refused to write any statements in custody.
SaharaReporters exclusively reported on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, that Bawa had refused to write statements at the secret police’s facility. It was learnt that Bawa told investigators that the DSS had no right to detain him without charges, hence his refusal to write any statements in custody.
“They’ve taken Bawa from DSS headquarters to one of their private facilities to have total control over him after he refused to write statements requested from him,” a top security source had said.
Bawa has been in detention along with Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria since their suspension from their respective offices by President Tinubu’s administration over corruption allegations and abuse of office.
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