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EFCC Raises Alarm Over Magu, Agency Blackmail

EFCC Raises Alarm Over Magu, Agency Blackmail

May 20, 2020 12:22 pm
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised an alarm of blackmail and smear attacks against the agency and the Chairman, Ibrahim Magu.

Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Wednesday, said the EFCC has enough facts about the sponsors of such insidious campaigns.

He said corruption will always fight back and that the agency was not surprised by the actions of “some overseas-based, politically-exposed and disgraced elements being investigated for unnerving acts of corruption”.

Read Also: Another Look At The Real Trouble With Magu

EFCC noted that it was uncharitable to link Magu with the ownership of some

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EFCC Replies U.S. Senator Trying To Block Abacha's Loot

EFCC Replies U.S. Senator Trying To Block Abacha’s Loot

April 10, 2020 1:01 pm

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has debunked the allegation against the acting chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu by the chairman of the US Senate Committee on Finance, Charles E. Grassley.

Grassley, the 86 year-old Republican Senator, on 1 April wrote the US Department of Justice calling for the delay in the repatriation of the $300 million Abacha loot to Nigeria.

The Senator called for the delay amidst what he called the increasing concerns over levels of corruption and human rights violations by the Nigerian government, including the persecution of Christians, and detention of human rights activist Omoyele …

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Corruption Caused ‘Coronaviruses’ – Magu Strongly Insists

February 26, 2020 12:52 pm

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu, has insisted that Coronavirus was caused by corruption.

The killer diseases has hit 40 countries and killed nearly 3,000 people since it broke out mid-December 2019 in Wuhan, China.

Magu, who pluralized the disease by calling it ‘Coronaviruses’, insisted that it “was created by a corrupt mind”.

“Somebody sat down in the laboratory and created it to infect and destroy other people”, he said at the commission’s office in Abuja.

His comments came a few days after the EFCC attacked the media for publishing what Magu said in

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EFCC Deletes Tweet After Falsely Debunking Magu’s Speech

February 19, 2020 4:19 pm

Nigeria’s anti-graft agency has deleted the tweet in which it claimed the agency’s boss Ibrahim Magu never said corruption caused coronavirus.

“This information is false and misleading,” the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said while reacting to The Cable report about the Magu’s remark.

Magu’s remarks stunned his audience at the public event, which included President Muhammadu Buhari.

The EFCC boss said the deadly virus, which has killed over 2000 people, was caused by corruption.

“I strongly believe, your excellency, that even coronavirus is caused by corruption. Fighting corruption is like a crusade against the evils in our society,” …

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu

Magu Blasted For Saying Coronavirus Caused By Corruption

February 19, 2020 10:42 am

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has come under attack for saying he strongly believes coronavirus is caused by corruption.

Magu had at the passing out parade of 281 cadets of the EFCC Detective Inspector Course-5, at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, on Tuesday said that Corruption is the biggest tragedy to humankind.

He was quoted as saying, “And I strongly believe that even the coronavirus is caused by corruption,”

Coronavirus, now known as COVID-19, broke out in Wuhan China in December 2019.

The disease which has infected over 1500 medical workers in China

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Coronavirus Is Caused By Corruption – Magu (Video)

February 19, 2020 10:14 am

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has opined that corruption was responsible for the deadly Coronavirus ravaging China.

Magu spoke yesterday during the passing out parade of 281 cadets of the EFCC Detective Inspector Course-5, at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna.

The anti-corruption Czar also stated that the fight against corruption was a crusade against the evils in Nigeria.

Read Also: Few Corrupt Individuals Left In Nigeria – EFCC Chair Magu

Coronavirus had in December 2019 broke out in Wuhan, Hubei province of China.

Following the outbreak of the decease, no fewer than

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