The Pattern Of Arrests, Detention Of EFCC Bosses Will Kill Institution – PDP Chieftain-Bwala Says

Spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), presidential Campaign Council, Dr Daniel Bwala, has said that the pattern of arresting, detaining and humiliating the bosses of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), while the suspects become ministers and lawmakers will eventually kill the institution of the anti-graft agency.

Bwala therefore urged President Bola Tinubu to as a matter of necessity intervene in the case of the detained suspended chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa.

Following his suspension on June 14, 2023 by President Tinubu, the Department of State Services (DSS), invited and later detained Bawa.

Bawa’s suspension by the President according to a statement by the Director of Information in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, said that the development was a result of ‘weighty allegations of abuse of office’ levelled against him.

However, since Bawa’s arrest, the DSS has remained silent over the offences for which he was invited and detained just as he was yet to be charged to court.

Bwala, in a tweet canvassed the need for Bawa to be released since he did not attempt to overthrow the government.

Bwala said; “This pattern of arresting, detaining and humiliating Anti-graft boss whilst the suspects become ministers and lawmakers will eventually kill the very institution of the EFCC.

“I appeal to Mr President to intervene in the case involving Abdulrasheed Bwala, the EFCC Chair. Whatever he is being investigated (for), I believe none involves an attempt to overthrow the government,” he said in the tweet.