Crime

End of Road: Justice Salami panel report indicts Magu, makes commendations Magu least expects

Published

4 years ago

August 22, 2020

Spread The News

The Justice Ayo Salami panel has recommended sack of Ibrahim Magu, the suspended chairman of the EFCC, in its interim report it submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari days ago.

It also asked Buhari to prosecute Magu for corruption and abuse of office

The report stated Magu violated the Code of Conduct by not declaring all his asset when he assumed office in 2015.

Magu’s months-long began when AGF Abubakar Malami petitioned Bhari, alleging the EFCC boss was insubordinate and corrupt.

Magu has attempted to defend himself, but he was not given any opportunity as the panel invited petitions and witnesses from lawyers and suspect the commission is prosecuting.

The interim report recommended Buhari appoint a new head of the EFCC without delay.

Mohammed Umar, former Director of Operations at the EFCC, has been in charge of the commission in acting capacity since July 6 when Magu was detained.

Magu has been insisting he is innocent, and not even aware of why they are probing him.

According to his lwyer, he is not given fair hearing, same line many observers of the probe have given.

Related Topics:

Up Next

Mother dumps newborn baby inside pit toilet

Don't Miss

Nigeria’s first lady, daughter in near plane crash

2 Comments

Dafena gragra
August 23, 2020 at 1:58 pm
Justice Ayo salami work in favour of malami,buhari must re address magu case and also bring to book all the frauds cases of money and various properties owned by malami,you can not judge your own case,salami work in the interest of malami and therefore ,all his recommendation against magu should be considered as kangaroo type,who in a back door received Ghana must go to become bias and one sided in the case.
Reply
Soji Omole
August 25, 2020 at 1:19 pm
No matter how glaring and obvious the evidences are, man will always open a line of defence. That is the nature of man and that is what defence lawyers feast on. Until they ran out of ideas and begin to plead for allocutus.
Reply