Anti-graft groups call for EFCC chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa to step aside for corruption investigation, and urge President-elect Bola Tinubu to prioritize corruption cases.
Initiative for Ethics and Value Orientation; Northern Youth Frontiers; Niger Delta Youth Congress; National Movement for Democratic Change and other anti-graft crusaders, yesterday, asked Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , Abdulrasheed Bawa, to step aside for his investigation on corruption allegations.
The call was contained in a statement signed by National Coordinator, Niger Delta Youth Congress, Israel Uwejeyan; National Coordinator, Initiative for Ethics and Value Orientation, Bello Idowu and National President, Northern Youth Frontiers, Mustapha Musa. They said: “Like every other agency of government everywhere, there are global standards of practice for officials, who had been accused of gross misconduct to step aside, while investigations were conducted to ascertain the veracity of the allegations.
“We demand that if Bawa remains adamant, he should be forced out and subjected to a comprehensive probe the way his predecessor, Ibrahim Magu, was made to do.”
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