Despite a court injunction, Bawa continues to serve as the agency's chairman and sign papers.

Abdulrasheed Bawa, the head of the EFCC, has been demanded to be detained and imprisoned by the Human Rights Writers Association (HURIWA).

The rights organization supports the demand that Usman Alkali Baba, the Inspector General of Police, immediately jail the head of the EFCC.

On November 9, 2022, HURIWA issued a statement via its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko.

The assertion supports Maxwell Okpara, a lawyer, who said that Bawa was still a criminal until the court order was overturned.

Commenting on the calls for respect for the rule of law, HURIWA said: “We therefore call on the IGP to enforce the law and enjoin the rest of the law enforcement agencies who are fond of exalting themselves above the laws of the land to learn from Bawa’s fate.

“The EFCC Chairman should also on his own volition report at Kuje prison if the IGP has disobeyed the Court order and failed to do the needful by conveying him to the prison premises pending the hearing and determination of his application for stay of execution.”

Recall that last week, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja issued an order committing Bawa to the Kuje Correctional Center for contempt of court, pending the ruling's reversal.

Bawa is still working for the government: HURIWA questioned why Bawa, who ought to be in a prison, is still acting as the agency's chairman and signing papers against a court order.