How EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa got news of Suspension after meeting with Tinubu

The suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, had a meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday afternoon, hours before his suspension was announced by the government.

Bawa was pictured walking out of the State House on the same afternoon, carrying his black bag and managing a smile.

It is not entirely clear what other discussions he had with Tinubu, but he was one of the earliest heads of agencies to be invited to debrief the president, when the latter assumed office on May 29.

It was  learnt from aides around Bawa that it was from the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) that the EFCC boss first got the news of his suspension.

Tinubu had in a statement suspended indefinitely Bawa, from office.

According to a statement from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Bawa’s suspension is “to allow for proper investigation into his conduct while in office. This follows weighty allegation of abuse of office leveled against him.