Booby Trap for Magu?
Aso Rock is facing an unenviable dilemma over the investigation of Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged financial crimes. Ibrahim Magu is a cat with nine lives. He has survived several banana peels in his career as a police officer and posting to the Economic and Financial…
The Case Against Magu
It appears to be the beginning of the end for Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, with his suspension by President Muhammadu Buhari. What it suggests is that the allegations raised against him by Abubakar Malami, attorney general of the Federation and minister of justice may have merit after…
Buhari Suspends Magu
President Mohammadu Buhari has suspended Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, as his investigation entered the second day Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. There had however been no official confirmation to this effect. A Presidential aide has described the allegations against Magu as weighty. The presidential aide who…
The Untold Story of Magu’s ‘Arrest’
Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is obviously in some sort of trouble. First, on Monday it was reported that he had been arrested by the Directorate of State Service, DSS. But the DSS later issued a statement denying the arrest. It said the anti-corruption boss was not in…
Magu, EFCC Chairman Arrested By DSS
Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been arrested by operatives of the Directorate of the State Services, DSS early Monday morning. Though the initial reports of the arrest indicated that he was arrested based on the allegations that dated back to 2010 and 2016, it is said…
Interpol Extends Specialized Platform to EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, received a boost for the anti-corruption war Wednesday, June 3, as the International Police, Interpol, included the Commission in its globalized information- 247. According to Dele Oyewale, head of Media and Publicity of the Commission, “The information platform, codenamed 1P-247, was extended to the EFCC in a brief…
At The Mercy Of Small Men
Look around you and you will have a hard time trying to identify one exceptional political leader from the lowest level of government to the apex, which is the presidency. What you find is zero because there is none. That says it all about the poverty of political leadership, which is the conundrum that is…
