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Human rights lawyer, femi falana, has asked the department of state services DSS to release the suspended chairman of the economic and financial crimes commission EFCC,Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, from illegal custody without any further delay. in a statement made available to the media on sunday, the remand order issued by  magistrate s' court in the federal capital territory has become spent, invalid and illegal as no magistrate has the power under section 493 of the Administration of criminal suspect for 67days without trial. Indeed, under the adminisration of criminal justice Act, the cumulative lifespan of  a remand order is 56days.                                 

Human rights lawyer, femi falana, has asked the department of state services DSS to release the suspended chairman of the economic and financial crimes commission EFCC,Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, from illegal custody without any further delay. in a statement made available to the media on sunday, the remand order issued by  magistrate s' court in the federal capital territory has become spent, invalid and illegal as no magistrate has the power under section 493 of the Administration of criminal suspect for 67days without trial. Indeed, under the adminisration of criminal justice Act, the cumulative lifespan of  a remand order is 56days.