Northern groups hail Tinubu’s suspension of EFCC chairman, Bawa
“We have been vindicated for our earlier stance on calling for the removal of Bawa, now the President has listened, this is very courageous and exemplary, and we must commend him for taking this bold and righteous decision.
“They include various charges of abuse of office, accused of stealing and selling dozens of petrol-bearing trucks confiscated from suspected looters, auctioning them off to his proxies at ridiculous prices while he was in charge of the Port Harcourt office of the EFCC, and alleged violation of the code of conduct for public officers by owning properties beyond his legitimate income.
On their part, the leadership of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum said the suspension of the former EFCC chairman was a welcome and long overdue development. However, besides the suspension of Bawa, the organisation called for a total overhaul of the anti-graft agency.
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