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Nigeria’s President Tinubu suspends anti-corruption agency head

Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu suspended the country's central bank Governor Godwin Emefiele a week ago [Marvellous Durowaiye/Reuters]

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has suspended the head of the economic and financial crimes unit, Abdulrasheed Bawa, indefinitely for abuse of office.

The suspension was due to “weighty allegations of abuse of office”, against Bawa, a statement from the presidency said late on Wednesday.

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