EFCC President Bawa reacts to contempt judgment
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa said he appealed the verdict of the Abuja High Court which found him in contempt of court.
>Mr. Bawa revealed this in an interview with reporters after defending the commission's budget proposals before the House of Representatives Anti-Corruption Committee.
“We have already appealed against this, so we will allow the natural course of the law to take effect,” he said.
Judge Chizoba Oji had, in an October 28 decision, convicted Mr. Bawa of failing to carry out the court order in a case involving the Director of Operations of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF ), Rufus Ojuawo.< /p>
The EFCC had tried Mr. Ojuawo on two counts before the FCT High Court in Nyanya, presided over by Muawiyah Idris, in 2016.
Mr. Ojuawo was accused of receiving N40 million and a Range Rover Sport from a Hima Aboubakar of International Equipment Company Nigeria Limited.
The court had in 2018 ordered the EFCC to return the properties to Mr. Ojuawo.
Mr. Ojuawo again approached the court about the EFCC's non-compliance with the verdict.
READ ALSO: Court jails EFCC President Bawa for contemptFollowing this, the court ordered that the EFCC boss be imprisoned in Kuje Correctional Center for his disobedience.
In its verdict, the tribunal ruled that "the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is in disregard of the orders of this honorable tribunal issued on November 21, 2018 ordering the Abuja Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to return to the plaintiff his Range Rover (Super Charge) and the sum of N40,000,000.00 (Forty Million Naira).
"Having continued willfully disobeying the order of this court, he should be committed to the Kuje Correctional Center for his disobedience and continued disobedience of the said court order issued on November 21, 2018, until he purges himself of outrage."
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa said he appealed the verdict of the Abuja High Court which found him in contempt of court.
>Mr. Bawa revealed this in an interview with reporters after defending the commission's budget proposals before the House of Representatives Anti-Corruption Committee.
“We have already appealed against this, so we will allow the natural course of the law to take effect,” he said.
Judge Chizoba Oji had, in an October 28 decision, convicted Mr. Bawa of failing to carry out the court order in a case involving the Director of Operations of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF ), Rufus Ojuawo.< /p>
The EFCC had tried Mr. Ojuawo on two counts before the FCT High Court in Nyanya, presided over by Muawiyah Idris, in 2016.
Mr. Ojuawo was accused of receiving N40 million and a Range Rover Sport from a Hima Aboubakar of International Equipment Company Nigeria Limited.
The court had in 2018 ordered the EFCC to return the properties to Mr. Ojuawo.
Mr. Ojuawo again approached the court about the EFCC's non-compliance with the verdict.
READ ALSO: Court jails EFCC President Bawa for contemptFollowing this, the court ordered that the EFCC boss be imprisoned in Kuje Correctional Center for his disobedience.
In its verdict, the tribunal ruled that "the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is in disregard of the orders of this honorable tribunal issued on November 21, 2018 ordering the Abuja Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to return to the plaintiff his Range Rover (Super Charge) and the sum of N40,000,000.00 (Forty Million Naira).
"Having continued willfully disobeying the order of this court, he should be committed to the Kuje Correctional Center for his disobedience and continued disobedience of the said court order issued on November 21, 2018, until he purges himself of outrage."
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