Also retrieved from Magu were all official vehicles.
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The party, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja, said Magu must also answer for allegations of victimisation of Nigerians and stealing of recovered funds for which he has been suspended.
The defendants were arraigned on Thursday alongside a vessel, MV CX Fleet, before Justice Nicholas Oweibo on a three-count charge bordering on illegal deal in petroleum products to the tune of 100 metric tonnes of Automative Gas Oil.
Delivering judgment, Justice Patricia Ajoku, convicted and sentenced Agbanah after he pleaded guilty and subsequently went into a plea bargain agreement with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The organisation made this assertion on Friday in a statement by its Director of Media and Publicity, Comrade O’Seun John, while requesting for an immediate amendment of Section 2(1) ii, Section 3(2) and Section 8(1) of the EFCC Act.
The APC stalwart said this in a statement in Minna, Niger State on Friday, titled: “Now that the hunter is being hunted: Where is the fight against corruption?”
At the resumed trial on Thursday, the prosecuting counsel, Abba Mohammed told the court that his next witness, PW9, was in court, but he did not have an essential exhibit he was to tender in evidence.
The former GMD made this known while testifying before Justice Ahmed Mohammed as defence star witness in an alleged money laundering case instituted against him by the anti-graft agency.
The EFCC charged Sani with two counts bordering on alleged bribery.
The party said that Magu’s indictment reinforces its position that the much-hyped war against corruption by the EFCC, under his watch, has been a huge scam by corrupt individuals to cover the plundering of public resources, harass political opponents, intimidate and extort money from innocent Nigerians.
The offences run contrary to Sections 96, 315 and 366 of the Penal Code of Taraba State and punishable under Section 315 of the same law.
A top official of the commission disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday.
A Presidency source, who preferred not to be named, revealed this to State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday.
The group made the call in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its Convener, Pelumi Olajengbesi.
The former senator is standing trial on a two-count charge bordering on bribery and advanced fee fraud preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is prosecuting the former Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Scholarship Board for the alleged offence.
The Spokesperson of the Commission, Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Friday in Abuja said there was no truth in some media reports that the commission had dropped charges against Adoke.
They were arraigned on July 3, 2020 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos Zonal Office on three-count charges bordering on illegal dealing in petroleum products.
Dele Oyewale, the Head, Media and Publicity of the EFCC, made this known in a statement on Thursday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports Oshinowo during the arraignment before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court pleaded not guilty to the eight-count fraud charge.