Buhari added that corruption at all levels was the biggest problem impeding Nigeria’s economic growth and development.
Browsing: Ibrahim Magu
Magu said the operations had resulted in the arrest of 167 Nigerians for alleged computer-related frauds and recovery of four exotic cars, plots of land in choice areas in Lagos and a property in Abuja.
Former Director of Kenya Anti-corruption Commission, Professor Patrick Lumumba, will lead other national and global eggheads to speak at the 49th Annual Conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN which opens Tuesday in Abuja.
Adoke listed Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu; and Senator Ali Ndume as some of those behind his current ordeal and persecution.
Magu, who spoke through Usman Imam, head of Enugu Office of the Commission, while receiving a delegation from the Enugu Branch of the apex bank, led by the Controller, Okonjo Chiedozie, noted the difficulty encountered by the zone in keeping recovered funds in the CBN vault.
The meeting was said to have been held based on a directive by President Muhammadu Buhari, who earlier in the day met with Osinbajo and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami
It said the female suspect (names withheld) worked in collaboration with a foreign counterpart in the dark web.
This was disclosed by the Zonal Head of the EFCC in Ilorin, Isyaku Sharu, on Friday during a press conference to give update on the EFCC/FBI collaboration in the fight against internet fraud and cyber crime.
Magu, who spoke through the Head, Economic Governance, Sanusi Aliyu Mohammed, made the call at a town hall meeting organized by Dispute Resolution and Development Initiatives, formally known as Democratic Action Group, on the theme: “Strengthening Citizens Resistance Against Prevalence of Corruption.”
Magu gave the charge through the Head, EFCC Maiduguri Zonal Office, Lawrence Iwodi, who paid a courtesy visit to the CAC Head Office in Borno State on August 28, 2019.
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has disclosed that the agency is collating comprehensive data on the Nigerians indicted in the recently busted money laundering and cyber crime offences in the United States.
Magu gave the charge at the National Youth Service Corps Orientation Camp in Kubwa, Abuja on Tuesday through Rashidat Abdullahi, an officer of the Public Affairs Directorate of the Commission, who represented him at the event.
Magu said while $314,000 had been recovered, N373 million had been traced to various commercial banks by the Lagos Zonal office of the Commission.
Describing the process leading to the judgment as “day light robbery”, Magu vowed that the Commission will forensically investigate the transaction and bring anyone one found wanting to justice.
They called on the Acting Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, to restrain his officers, by asking them to stop further harassment of innocent students, under the guise of being suspected to be involved in cyber crime, popularly called “Yahoo Yahoo”.
The Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has appointed Prof. Ladi Hamalai, Commandant, EFCC Academy, Karu, Abuja.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has petitioned Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, and Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, urging them to “jointly and urgently invite Senators Godswill Akpabio and Isa Misau for interrogation and further questioning over alleged diversion of constituency projects.”
Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes commission, Ibrahim Magu, has appealed to the British Government to help Nigeria repatriate the country’s stolen money stashed away in banks in UK.
The Alaafin made this known when the Ibadan Zonal Head of the Commission, Friday Ebelo, led a delegation to pay him a courtesy visit.
He appealed to the international law enforcement agencies to assist the agency in this regard.