The Senate on Thursday rejected the nomination
of Magu by Buhari as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, citing “security reports” as the reason for the rejection.
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| Ibrahim Magu, nailed by DSS report, his nomination rejected by Senate. |
However, our correspondent in Abuja, who was
privy to sight a copy of the “security report” compiled by the Department of
State Security Service, DSS revealed that Magu’s activities were alleged to
have made him ineligible to hold the office.
The Department of State Services had in the
report alleged that Magu has failed integrity test and confirming him will
hinder President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war.
According to the letter, dated October 3, and
addressed to the Clerk of the Senate, in reference to a letter by the Senate,
dated September 21, 2016, asking for Magu’s security check, listed several
alleged malpractices against the EFCC boss.
Part of the allegations against Magu was his
being in possession of EFCC documents in his private residence during the
chairmanship of Farida Waziri.
The DSS also made reference to the
circumstances surrounding Magu’s arrest, detention and suspension by the
Nigeria Police and further alleged that the sum of N40m was paid for the rented
apartment, which costs N20m per annum, where the acting EFCC chairman currently
resides.
It added that the accommodation was not paid
for from the commission’s account but by a presidential appointee, who had been
under investigation.
The DSS alleged that after renting the
apartment for Magu, the friend awarded a N43m contract for the furnishing of
the accommodation.
The appointee, who is a retired Air Commodore,
was said to be a close associate and ally of Magu, allegedly and “runs
questionable business” and was once arrested by the service.
The report, which cleared the other four EFCC
appointees, said Magu, flew a private jet owned by the retired military
officer.
The service also claimed that the EFCC boss
was once in the same flight to Maiduguri with a Managing Director of one of the
new generation banks, who it alleged was under investigation, adding that the
bank chief had been linked with a former Minister of Petroleum Resources,
Diezani Alison-Madueke.
The DSS stated that after the arrest of
service chiefs by the EFCC, including Badeh, Umar and Amosu, Magu’s ally, while
under interrogation by the service, had confessed that he didn’t want Amosu to
be probed, the reason why the EFCC arraigned Amosu after his friend’s
interrogation.
The acting EFCC boss was also accused in the
report of making false allegations against individuals “for personal reasons.”
The report said, “The circumstances
surrounding the return of Magu to the EFCC and the role played by Lamorde and
their close relationship are clear indications of his culpability in the
allegation of corruption tendencies of the Lamorde-led EFCC.”
The DSS also alleged that “Magu uses only his
police cronies to execute operations,” adding that the fact that the cronies
had acquired landed properties “led credence to the questions about his
integrity.”
The report added, “In this light, Magu has
failed the integrity test and will eventually constitute a liability to the
anti-corruption drive of the present administration.”
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Source: Daily News
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