EFCC boss’s contempt conviction overturned by the court

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, was the target of contempt proceedings, and the Federal Capital Territory High Court has annulled all convictions for contempt.

Following a hearing on a request made by the EFCC Chairman on Thursday, Justice Chizoba Oji halted the proceedings.

The application was made following the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 constitution (as amended), Sections 6(6)(a) and 36(1), Section 91 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act, Cap. S6 Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (2004), and other pertinent laws.

The court determined that the EFCC Chairman was not in contempt of court at the time of the order because he had complied with the directive to release the Respondent’s Range Rover and because the Applicant had started the internal process within the commission to ensure the Respondent would receive the sum of N40,000,000.