“In that regard, President Buhari has instructed the Attorney General of the Federation to investigate the involvement of any top government officials accused of any wrong-doing.” IbrahimMagu AbubakarMalami EFCC Corruption Buhari Nigeria
, against the continued stay in office of Ibrahim Magu as the Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission . Although this is not the first time Magu has been subjected to doubts about his integrity and probes, his recent travails have elicited one question on the lips of most Nigerians: Will Magu survive this time around?
In the bid to clear the president of any such duplicity, the presidency in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Public Affairs, Mallam Shehu Garba, disclosed that an investigation had been ordered into the allegations against Magu and Lawal. As if he was destined to overcome the huddles placed on his path as the nation´s anti-graft czar, the then Director General of the Department of State Security , Lawal Mamman Daura, under whom the security report upon which the Senate anchored its decision not to clear Magu, was also removed.
Similarly at a time Magu was also accused of conducting media trials of opposition politically exposed persons, the discovery of $448 million hidden in a shopping plaza in Lagos by EFCC, without further information on the owner of neither the plaza nor the money sustained the hallow of doubt on his tenure.
While alleging that Magu sold most of the assets recovered by the EFCC without the knowledge of anyone, Malami asserted that the EFCC boss “is reckless and a liability to the anti-corruption war. There are discrepancies of figures concerning the recovered assets,” adding that Magu was not transparent enough in the management of the recovered assets.
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