Court orders: Group threatens mass protest against EFCC chair

A group, under the aegis of a coalition for good governance and change initiative, have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Department of State Services (DSS) to prevail on the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, to keep to the tenets of rule of law by obeying court orders.

Addressing a press conference in Abuja, the national coordinator of the group, Comrade Okpokwu Ogenyi, said Bawa should retrace his steps having in recent times “committed contempt…on the account of his willful abuse of court orders.”

The group said it was planning to mobilise thousands of Nigerians to stage a peaceful protest in Abuja if Bawa becomes the opposite of President Buhahri’s principle of a strong institutional government and refuses to obey pending count orders within 72 hours.

“We call on the Inspector General of Police and the Department of State Service to wade in and compel the EFCC Chairman to obey court orders before he finally collapsed the image and integrity of the Buhahri’s administration.

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“At this eve of transition, we are ready to protect Mr President’s image and preserve his legacy. We call on President Muhammadu Buhari to call Mr Bawa to order by not allowing him to live above the constitution, but to obey it.

“Under Bawa’s watch, the United States of America issues a report which indicted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for chasing Yahoo Boys and abandoning the real financial crime offenders to enjoy their loots.”