The Joint Action Coalition of Civil Societies in Nigeria has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of in-house corruption capable of rubbishing the entire anti-corruption war being championed by the commission.
The National Coordinator of JACCSN, Comrade Isaac Ikpa, at a press conference on Thursday in Abuja condemned the involvement of some officers of the EFCC, Habibu Aliyu and Isa Dongonyaro, in some shady deals allegedly going on in the commission.
They alleged that the duo had worked hand in hand with the immediate past Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, to execute some shady deals.
It could be recalled that the same Aliyu has been the EFCC desk officer in charge of Pension Fund since 2010 till date.
Under Aliyu’s watch as the EFCC prosecutor, John Yusuf, who was accused of stealing N32 billion, was granted bail for N250,000.
“Houses and cash recovered from pension suspects like Essai Dangabar, Atiku Abubakar Kigo, Ahmed Wada, John Yusuf and Mrs. Zira in 2012 up till now has not been accounted for,” Ikpa said.
Ikpa emphasised that Magu should ask Aliyu and his company to account for these properties and cash seized from the suspects in 2012.
He said: “The former owners of these properties are very much ready to identify the seized properties if the properties are under declared.”
He added that, under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, who has dared the oil subsidy cabal by removing oil subsidy in Nigeria, Magu should also dare Aliyu, who has been accused of being part of the corruption in PTAD by introducing uncompromising officer to handle the trial of Nellie Mayshak, who was diverting N50 million on monthly basis before her sack.
Aliyu, who has been overseeing the Pension Transitional Arrangement Department since 2010, could not discover any fraud until the pensioners had to petition the Presidency, EFCC, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission.
“We hereby call on Magu to immediately investigate Habibu and his company to rid the anti graph agency of corruption before Nigerians began to doubt the anti-corruption war championed by the EFCC,” Ikpa said.
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