…Denies selling seized property in EFCC custody
The Senate has perfected necessary arrangements to screen President Muhammadu Buhari nominee as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, at plenary on Wednesday.
Already the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, had ordered the distribution of the copies of the Curriculum Vitae to all the senators to enable them study the documents before the commencement of the screening.
Bawa’s nomination has been dogged by a petition and litigation.
Already, a civil society organisation, Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, had petitioned the Senate asking it to halt further action on his screening or confirmation until he cleared himself of the allegations against him.
Also a legal practitioner, Osuagwu Ugochukwu, had approached an Abuja Federal High Court to stop the red chamber from confirming Bawa pending the determination of his suit against the acting EFCC boss.
Bawa’s accusers have hinged their action on a case of alleged theft yet to be addressed by him and the fact that his rank was too low to head the EFCC, according to the Act which established the agency.
However, Bawa who is currently being grilled at the Senate at plenary, also insisted that he was qualified to be the Chairman of the Commission based on the provisions of the EFCC Act.
He said the seized property in Port Harcourt were properly disposed off by the agency’s officials from its headquarters.
