Abdulrasheed Bawa, the embattled former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been released from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
Bawa was released from the national headquarters of the secret police, in Abuja, on Wednesday night.
He was arrested and detained by the DSS on June 14, 2023, following an invite over undisclosed reasons, after he visited President Bola Tinubu earlier on the same day.
Willie Bassey, Director of Information at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, had said Bawa was suspended as a result of weighty allegations of abuse of office levelled against him.
Former governor of Zamfara State and Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, had accused Bawa of demanding $2 million bribe from him, an allegation which he denied.
Bassey had said suspension was to allow for proper investigation into his conduct while in office.
