The home of the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has been searched by the Department of State Services.
His office was also combed by the secret police.
The secret police is not spare the close associates of the embattled boss of the country’s foremost anti-graft agency in their investigation of how he ran the agency.
According to punch, the DSS invited Bawa’s close associates in the EFCC for interrogation, over alleged mismanagement, misappropriation and diversion of proceeds of sold assets forfeited to the EFCC.
Bawa, who is currently being held in the custody of the DSS “Yellow House,” Abuja, is being probed for alleged financial impropriety as EFCC helmsman.
President Bola Tinubu had on June 14 suspended Bawa as EFCC chairman indefinitely, following which the DSS picked him up.
The search on his Gwarinpa home in Abuja was conducted on Saturday, in the presence of his wife and children, according to PUNCH.
Bawa’s office was also searched on the same day by another set of DSS operatives who presented a search warrant, the media outfit quoted a source as saying.
“DSS operatives stormed the EFCC Headquarters in Jabi on Saturday to search the office of the suspended chairman. But they presented a search warrant. Another set of DSS operatives also searched Bawa’s home in Gwarinpa, and they met his wife and children in the house during the search.
“Bawa’s close associates at the office were also invited for questioning this week, and they’re being probed on allegations of mismanagement, misappropriation, and diversion of proceeds forfeited assets sold under Bawa’s watch,” the source said.
A government source, who also pleaded anonymity, however, said the DSS had yet to file charges against the embattled EFCC boss as investigation was still ongoing.
“The DSS is yet to charge him to court because they’re still carrying out their investigation to get enough evidence to help their case.”
The DSS had earlier obtained an ex parte order to extend Bawa’s detention in their facility, while they continue with their investigation.
The move by the DSS was to deter Bawa from filing lawsuits to challenge his detention, a government source said.
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