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Ibrahim Magu And His Gold-Plated, Billion Dollar Sins

Ibrahim Magu And His Gold-Plated, Billion Dollar Sins

The “arrest” of Ibrahim Magu, acting EFCC chairman has been long coming. Magu’s fall – even though delayed – preceded him. He walked on molten magma. He had chalked up lots of professional liabilities before he became the EFCC czar.

In August 2008, when Farida Waziri was the commission’s chairman, Magu was alleged to be in the possession of some sensitive documents which were not supposed to be at his disposal. These documents were allegedly discovered at his residence. He was redeployed to the police after days of detention, and was suspended from the force afterwards.

Also, in December …