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EFCC: Magu Says He Doesn’t Know Why He’s Being Investigated

August 11, 2020 5:34 am

Aliyu Lemu, lawyer to the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has said that up till this moment, his client has not been told why he is being investigated.

Lemu said this when he appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today, adding that the former EFCC boss is not happy with the way the hearing is being conducted.

Read Also: Magu: We Mistakenly Transferred ₦573m To Pastor Omale – FCMB

According to him, the committee is already going against President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to conduct a public hearing.

“He (Magu) has not been

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Disquiet In EFCC Over Elevation Of Junior Officers Above Superiors

August 6, 2020 12:52 pm

Some officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been deployed to head zones and units where qualified senior officers are.

Mohammed Umar, a deputy commissioner of police and acting chairman of the commission, approved the postings that have left some officials demoralised, according to sources.

In a memo seen by TheCable, Umar redeployed a total of 37 officers, 20 of whom were listed as heads of various zones and units while others listed as second in command.

The ranks of some of the newly deployed officers are principal detective superintendent (PDS), deputy chief detective superintendent (DCDS), chief …

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EFCC: Magu Reveals Persons After His Life, Says ‘I’m Innocent’

July 31, 2020 6:03 am

Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has claimed that some powerful toes he stepped on while doing his job were out to tarnish his image and destroy his reputation.

Magu told the Presidential Committee On Audit Of Recovered Assets, PCARA, that suspects and other criminal elements he prosecuted were after him.

Magu’s claims were contained in a response he addressed to the PCARA probing the mismanagement and lack of transparency in managing recovered assets by the anti-corruption agency in the last 5 years.

The embattled suspended EFCC boss denied any wrongdoing while …

Salami Panel Denies Issuing ‘Interim Report’ On Magu

EFCC: I’ll Now Fight Back Publicly – Ibrahim Magu Declares

July 27, 2020 6:57 am

Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has declared that he will no longer hide but was now ready to fight back at orchestrated attacks against his person.

Magu said he will henceforth reply to all the allegations against him in public.

This was contained in a statement made available to reporters by Wahab Shittu, Magu’s lawyer on Sunday.

In the lengthy letter, the ex-EFCC boss also denied relooting funds recovered from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.

Read Also: Magu Opens Defence With 34-Page Documents To Presidential Panel

Ibrahim Magu noted …

Magu Opens Defence With 34-Page Documents To Presidential Panel

July 24, 2020 7:51 am

Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday opened his defence before the Presidential Panel probing allegations of corruption against him with 34-page documents submitted to the panel.

Magu was with his lawyer, Wahab Shittu when the 34-page document with 100 annexure were presented for his defence.

The Justice Ayo Salami-led panel is probing Magu for various corruption allegations, one of which was his inability to explain the whereabouts of interest accrued to N550bn recovered funds.

He reportedly appeared before the Justice Ayo Salami-led panel around 1pm and was still there as …

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Magu Probe: We Are Solidly Behind Malami – Northern Youths

July 18, 2020 1:34 pm

Youths in the north, under the aegis of Northern Youth for Good Governance, have thrown their weight behind the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami over the investigation of the former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu.

Addressing newsmen in Kano on Saturday, the National Coordinator of the Youths group, Bello Hadi called on Malami not to leave any stone unturned in investigating the suspended EFCC Chairman.

Read Also: Saraki Opens Up On Why Ibrahim Magu Was After Him

Hadi described the arrest and detention of Magu as a democratic process that …

Saraki opens up on why Magu was after him

Saraki Opens Up On Why Ibrahim Magu Was After Him

July 18, 2020 9:09 am

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has revealed why the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu went after him with zeal to prosecute him.

Saraki said Magu decided to take the fight against him personal because the eight National Assembly members did not confirm his appointment as substantive EFCC Chairman.

The former Senate President was reacting to his victory against the EFCC at the Federal High Court in Lagos.

Justice Rilwan M. Aikawa had dismissed in its totality the application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for forfeiture order on Saraki’s home

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How Two Chinese Attempted To Bribe Us With ₦50m – EFCC

July 16, 2020 4:38 am

The Sokoto Zonal Head of Operations of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Abdullahi Lawal, on Wednesday told a Sokoto State High Court, sitting in Sokoto, that two Chinese: Meng Wei Kun and Xu Kuai offered him a bribe ₦50 million on behalf of a construction company China Zhonghao Nig. Ltd

The company is being investigated over contracts it was awarded by the Zamfara State Government, in the sum of over Sixty Billion Naira (₦60, 000,000,000.00) between 2012 and 2019. The bribe was allegedly offered to compromise an ongoing investigation by the EFCC.

Lawal told the court presided over …

Magu Co-Operated With Diezani Alison-Madueke To Avoid Trial

July 13, 2020 4:24 am

A report by the Presidential Probe Panel has revealed how Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), allegedly failed to cooperate with authorities in the United Kingdom (UK) to facilitate effective prosecution of the case of ex-Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.

NAN reports that Magu was on Saturday night interrogated by the panel headed by retired Justice Ayo Salami over allegations of lack of transparency in managing recovered assets and mismanagement by the commission.

The Presidential Committee on Audit of Recovered Assets (PCARA) Report accused Magu of failure to cooperate with the …

PDP Insists Magu Must Answer To Allegations Of Corruption

July 12, 2020 3:30 am

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), must be made to answer for alleged corruption and violation of rules.

PDP, in a statement issued by Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, its National Publicity Secretary, in Abuja, said that Magu must also answer for allegations of victimisation of Nigerians and stealing of recovered funds for which he has been suspended.

Read Also: Ubani: Magu Should Have Investigated Tinubu, Ganduje, Oshiomhole

“There are insinuations in the public space that the indicted EFCC boss was also harassing certain judges to get a

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Magu Takes To Sleeping In Mosque As Allies Ditch Him

July 11, 2020 11:33 am

Suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu, who is currently facing trial before the Presidential Investigation Panel over allegations of corruption levelled against him has reportedly shunned the cell of the Force Criminal Investigations Department, FCID and turned the mosque in the premises of the police headquarters as his abode where he has spent his fourth night.

As he embarked on the battle of his life, the police management team was said to have abandoned him to his fate to carry his own cross following his refusal to identify with the police …

Some Nigerian Tourism Operators Help Money Launderers – EFCC

July 11, 2020 10:03 am

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says some operators of tourism businesses are helping some Nigerians to launder money.

On Friday, the agency appealed to the practitioners in South-East, not to engage in such.

EFCC lamented the rate of non-compliance with extant anti-money laundering regulations for Designated Non-Financial Institutions.

Read Also: Magu: Cover-Up In EFCC As Bandits Destroy Computers In NFIU Office

Enugu Zonal Head, Ibrahim Bappa, spoke on Friday while addressing executive members of Society of Tourism Proprietors of Nigeria (STPN), Enugu State Chapter.

The officials were at the commission’s Enugu office at the instance of the …

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EFCC: Magu Says He Doesn’t Know Why He’s Being Investigated

Disquiet In EFCC Over Elevation Of Junior Officers Above Superiors

EFCC: Magu Reveals Persons After His Life, Says ‘I’m Innocent’

EFCC: I’ll Now Fight Back Publicly – Ibrahim Magu Declares

Magu Opens Defence With 34-Page Documents To Presidential Panel

Magu Probe: We Are Solidly Behind Malami – Northern Youths

Saraki Opens Up On Why Ibrahim Magu Was After Him

How Two Chinese Attempted To Bribe Us With ₦50m – EFCC

Magu Co-Operated With Diezani Alison-Madueke To Avoid Trial

PDP Insists Magu Must Answer To Allegations Of Corruption

Magu Takes To Sleeping In Mosque As Allies Ditch Him

Some Nigerian Tourism Operators Help Money Launderers – EFCC

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