EXPOSED!!! How New EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa Alleged Corruption Cases Revealed

EXPOSED!!! How New EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa Alleged Corruption Cases Revealed—-Moment ago, News broke out the President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a top EFCC official, Abdulrasheed Bawa as the new chairman of the anti-graft agency after the former acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu was suspended last year.

His name has been sent to the senate for confirmation to head the EFCC but then, a publication by PEOPLE’S GAZZETTE has revealed how the newly appointed chairman was arrested and detained for some corruption cases in 2020.

According to the publication, Mr. Bawa was in-charge of the Port-Harcourt zonal office last year when dozens of petrol-bearing trucks that were confiscated from suspected looters were abruptly auctioned off to his proxies at “ridiculous prices,” sources said.

Three of his junior colleagues who were alarmed by the sheer mismanagement of priced public assets and other suspicious acts of Mr. Bawa’s took immediate steps to curb his excesses by filing anonymous complaints to the headquarters in Abuja

He was subsequently arrested and detained for several days in Port-Harcourt before Ibrahim Magu, erstwhile head of the agency, ordered his transfer to the agency’s training school in Abuja pending conclusion of investigation.

Five anti-graft officials who spoke with the Gazette for this story wished to remain anonymous, citing their active engagement status and a lack of clearance to speak to journalists on a matter that was still under investigation. The Gazette agreed not to identify them in accordance with its policy on anonymous sources.

‘Loot re-looted’

Mr. Bawa was accused of selling at least 244 trucks worth between N20-30 million each to his proxies at N100,000, or slightly more, per unit.

A proxy sold one of the tankers to a businessman in Ibadan for N14.8 million, officials said, lamenting that the businessman has been evading invitation and the agency is reluctant to declare him wanted in order not to draw public attention to the investigation.

SOURCE : https://peoples-gazette.com/exclusive-top-efcc-official-arrested-for-theft-now-head-of-lagos-zonal-office/