The Department of State Services (DSS) has explained why the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has not be released or arraigned.
The secret police said it obtained a court order to detain Bawa, since June 14, 2023.
A legal representative of the DSS in several court proceedings, I. Awo, made this known in a terse statement made available to Journalists.
DAILY GIST recalls that Bawa was detained by the DSS after he was suspended from office by President Bola Tinubu.
But his continued detention without trial has drawn the attention of civil society organisations and several Nigerians, who are accusing the secret service of violating rule of law at will.
In line with relevant laws, security agencies are mandated to obtain bench warrant or detention order from a court of competent jurisdiction prior to detaining any suspect.
But speaking on the development, Awo said, “There is a Court Order backing Bawa’s detention.
Yesterday, August 6th makes it over 50 days that Bawa was detained and is yet to be arraigned or tried on any offense known to law.
Another political appointee also being detained is the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.
