Northern Alliance for Citizens Freedom has demanded the immediate release of the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa.
Bawa was picked up by the Department of State Services (DSS), over a week ago, after President Bola Tinubu suspended him.
President General of the Alliance, Lawal Ibrahim Jamaare, in a statement, yesterday, termed Bawa’s detention as ‘unconstitutional and a breach of his fundamental rights under the 1999 Constitution’. Jamaare also argued that the prolonged detention of the embattled chairman, without access to counsel and his family, constituted a violation of international human rights norms, which is against arbitrary or unlawful detention.
He called on the Office of the Director, Public Prosecutions and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC, to investigate Abdulrasheed Bawa as well as all credible allegations involving unlawful detention, and those identified as responsible should be prosecuted in fair trials.
He said: The Northwest Alliance for Citizens Freedom (NWCF) has watched with stoical calm, events unfolding since the arbitrary arrest and unexplained detention of Abdurasheed Bawa, after his suspension as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
“NWCF notes, especially, that Abdulrasheed Bawa has spent 33 days in the custody of the Department of State Services since June 14, hours after his suspension by President Bola Tinubu.
