Magu stays as Court dismisses suits seeking his removal as EFCC acting chair
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed some suits seeking the removal of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The plaintiffs had sought Magu’s removal on the grounds that the Senate had twice rejected his appointment and refused to screen him to take up the position in a substantive capacity. They argued that Magu, who has been acting as the EFCC chairman since 2015, having been rejected by the senate, was not fit to continue to serve in that capacity. Delivering judgment, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu held that there was a
$9.6bn Judgment: We’ll Soon Expose, Prosecute Everybody Involved In Failed Contract – Magu
Acting Chairman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu, has vowed to expose and prosecute all those behind the contract, whose alleged breach led to the $9.6billion British court judgment against Nigeria. The Acting Chairman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, says the commission will expose and prosecute all those behind a contract whose alleged breach led to the $9.6billion British court judgment against Nigeria. The court judgment is a fallout of the contract purportedly entered into in July 2010 between the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the Process and Industrial Developments Ltd (P&ID).
Governors Covertly Promoting Insecurity To Inflate Their Security Votes – Magu
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, on Wednesday hit at state governors, saying that some of them deliberately fuelled insecurity in their states just to collect more money as security vote. He noted that some of the governors “now covertly promote insecurity as justification to inflate their security vote.” Magu also alleged that there was a link between corruption, banditry and terrorism. He spoke in Abuja at the induction programme for returning and newly-elected state governors held at the Presidential Villa. His allegations were contained in a paper, titled, “Imperative of Fighting Corruption/Terrorism
