Malami ensured that Bawa was spared and the erstwhile embattled acting Chairman, Magu, was ousted out of office before actions would be taken on the report.
SaharaReporters had on February 18 exclusively obtained the 13-page report that indicted Bawa and that was forwarded to President Buhari for further action but which was dumped and forgotten.
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Kingsley Nwezeh looks at the nomination of Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as the Chairman-designate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the controversies that led to the exit of his predecessors, the emerging, valid arguments about the lopsided appointments and violation of the federal character principle among others
The nomination of the Chairman-designate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commision (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, was applauded in many quarters as it presented an opportunity for a fresh start for an agency whose past leadership usually ended in controversial circumstances.
There is also the issue that the chairmanship of the commission now looks like a position reserved permanently for Northern Nigeria. Nobody from Southern Nigeria has occupied the seat since the establishment of the agency in 2004.
What EFCC officials say about chair-designate Abdulrasheed Bawa
Many officials of the anti-corruption agency view Mr Bawa as the attorney-general Abubakar Malami’s man but say he is brilliant and hardworking.
The 40-year-old Mr Bawa will have to be screened and confirmed by the Senate before he steps into office as the substantive chairman of the commission.
At the EFCC’s Lagos office, which Mr Bawa currently heads, detectives and other officials of the commission expressed slightly divergent views on the appointment, with some expressing joy that a “workaholic” who pushed staff beyond their limits would now have his attention diverted to other places, while others expressed sadness that a reformer who “transformed” the Lagos office would now have to pay less attention to the Lagos office.
EXPOSED: How EFCC Backdated Letter To Cover Up Illegal Promotion of Bawa Ahead Of Senate Screening
SaharaReporters gathered that the promotion was backdated to March 2020 to correct the error occasioned by his nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari.
by Saharareporters, New York
Feb 20, 2021
Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Chairman-designate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been illegally promoted to Chief Detective Superintendent on Grade Level 14 without regard for public service rules.
SaharaReporters gathered that the promotion was backdated to March 2020 to correct the error occasioned by his nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Also, no promotion examination or appraisal was done before he was promoted.