Ex-EFCC Chairman, Bawa Sues Nigeria's Secret Police DSS Over 'Illegal Detention' For Over 120 Days
The detained former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has sued the State Security Service (SSS), also known as the Department of State Services (DSS) for his continued incarceration without trial since June 14, 2023. Bawa in the suit filed at the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court for the Enforcement of Fundamental Rights, brought by one Barrister Chinedu Oburu of Edu Oburu & Co. on his behalf, sought an order of the court to declare his detention without trial as illegal and to direct his immediate release.