The request for confirmation comes on the heels of concerns raised by Nigerians on the fate of the suspended Acting Chairman of the anti-graft agency, Ibrahim Magu, who was tried by a presidential panel headed by retired Justice Ayo Isa Salami
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In a letter addressed to the President, the world’s leading anti-corruption coalition expressed deep concern that the political interference in the operation of the EFCC and inability of the Nigerian authorities to release the report was partly responsible for the recent drop in Nigeria’s anti-corruption rating by Transparency International.
This appears to be the fate of Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. I had chanced on Magu at media briefings and anti-corruption programmes. He was bubbling with passion for his job. You cannot fault him on dedication to duty, but you can spread him out on the slab of exuberance, naivety and sycophancy for some lashing.
The President said this on Friday when he received the Report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the Investigation of Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, headed by Justice Ayo Salami (retd), at the State House, Abuja.
The Salami Panel, which was inaugurated by Buhari in July, was given 45 days to carry out its assignment, but the timeframe was later extended after it requested for more time
The position of Salami followed reports in the media that he regrets serving on the panel.
The Minister offered the explanation in a statement by his spokesperson, Dr. Umar Gwandu, on Thursday.
The panel is currently probing allegation of corruption against the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu.
The trouble began at about 11:50am when Wahab Shittu, who has been appearing for Magu, stood up to introduce other members of the legal team
Malami said this during an interview on Arise TV on Wednesday.
In a fresh petition by an Abuja based lawyer, Johnmary Jideobi, Magu and his boys were alleged to have unlawfully frozen the accounts of a company, Damjay Integrated Services Limited, with Access Bank in 2018, without any court order
The elder statesman, church leader, who also holds the traditional title of Owatapa of Itapa-Ijesa, expressed these views while featuring on Space FM Ibadan’s programme: Parrot Xtra Hour On Radio, anchored by Olayinka Agboola on Tuesday
The reaction, through the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Mallam Garba Shehu, comes after the President was attacked for allegedly not being prompt in the several scandals around the Administration.
The party said Nigerians were shocked when counsel to the suspended EFCC acting Chairman, Wahab Shittu, boastfully declared that he has Magu’s instruction to inform the public that “he will be reinstated back to office”.
Magu said this in a letter by his lawyer, Wahab Shittu, to the panel headed by retired Justice Isa Salami
The notice of suspension was communicated to the Acting Chairman of the Commission, Mohammed Umar, on Tuesday night by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation
Magu’s counsel, Wahab Shittu, had on Friday filed an application for bail
Fielding questions from State House correspondents on issues raised by Peoples Democratic Party since the beginning of the interrogation of suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the volume and reach of the anti-corruption crusade so far reflects what the PDP left behind.
The News Agency of Nigeria of extracted the information from a report of a panel that looked into the activities of Magu and the EFCC.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the accusation was contained in a report submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari by one of the investigative committees set up to look into the activities of the EFCC under Magu