The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, explained why its Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, did not obey a court order that committed him to prison for contempt.

The Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, who spoke to the press in Abuja, said the Commission believed it was denied fair hearing and that as a law abiding institution, the EFCC had approached the appellate court, for a stay of execution.

He did not say whether the stay of execution had been granted to forestall the order for the arrest of Bawa by the Inspector-General of Police.

Uwujaren, however, alleged that the protests by over 100 anti-corruption Civil Society Organisations, which entered the third day on Monday, was sponsored against the EFCC chairman to discredit his person.

"The group, through press conferences and staged street protests, have been calling for the sack of the EFCC Chairman for alleged disobedience of court orders. They claim they are motivated by the need to strengthen the fight against corruption.

"Contrary to these claims, the EFCC wishes to alert the public that this group have no interest in the fight against Corruption and their allusion to disobedience of court orders by the EFCC chairman is an alibi to manipulate facts around judicial pronouncements and processes to pitch the public against the Commission," he said.

He alleged that information available to the Commission indicated that the group was being sponsored by persons under investigation by the Commission and had been mobilized and mandated by their paymaster to embarrass the person of the chairman through choreographed street protests across the country, until he is removed from office.

The EFCC appealed to the public to disregard the campaign by this group as they do not represent the genuine interest of millions of Nigerians who are desirous of seeing progress in the fight against Corruption.

"It is also important to reassure Nigerians and all stakeholders that the Commission has never, and will not take any steps to undermine the judiciary. As a law abiding institution, EFCC has conducted all its activities within the ambit of the law. Where judicial decisions were made against it, it has never resorted to self-help but availed itself of remedies under the law as it did in the instant case of committal orders of court," the EFCC stated.

We're tired of your excuses, obey the court order if it's a common man now you will be there to bundle the person to prison without any restrictions.

Is the EFCC above the laws of Nigeria? Obey the fucking Court order assholes. As if they have been given others fair hearing in the media propaganda trial cases they have been bungling that they could have easily bootstrapped.Every govt organisation under Buhari is a lawless one.

It's better that we disband all courts since no one obeys court orders again in Nigeria. This is what you get when the president doesn't believe in the rule of law.

FG disobeys court order
Military disobeys court order
Police disobeys court order
EFCC disobeys court order
CBN disobeys court order
Even the courts are disobeying court order.