The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, reportedly slumped at an event in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday, September 16, and was rushed to a hospital.
According to Daily Trust, the EFCC boss was giving a goodwill speech at the National Identity Day celebration, when he suddenly stopped talked.
It is alleged that he was talking about a man the anti-graft agency arrested in Ibadan, Oyo state, with 116 SIM cards in his possession, when he stopped talking and covered his face with his right palm and said, “Please, excuse me, I can’t continue.”
He was helped to get back to his seat by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami and other senior officials at the event, but he slumped when he got to his seat and was reportedly rushed out of the presidential villa to a hospital in Abuja.
The Master of Ceremony (MC) later announced that the EFCC chairman is now stable, however those who rushed him out of the hall were yet to return.