Abdulrasheed Bawa has arrived at the Senate for screening over his appointment as the head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
At the plenary on Wednesday, the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, 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.
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.
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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.
It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had asked the Senate to confirm Mr Bawa as substantive Chairman of the EFCC in accordance with Paragraph 2(3) of Part1, CAP E1 of EFCC Act 2004.
President Buhari, in his letter, said the nomination of Bawa was in keeping with paragraph 2(3) of Part 1 of the EFCC Act.
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