It
has been revealed that following the rejection of Magu as EFCC
Chairman, his continued stay in office might jeopardize the work of the
agency.
Acting EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu
A leading activist lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has said the
operations of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission faces serious
problems if the rejected acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu remains in
office.
Adegboruwa said Magu cannot act as the acting Chairman of the EFCC
following his rejection as the anti-graft agency is too sensitive to be
headed by a rejected candidate.
In a statement he released on Friday, the Lagos lawyer explained that the December 14 rejection of Magu by the Senate
means that the operations of the EFCC after the Upper Chamber’s
decision will be deemed as illegal as a result, the EFCC cannot arrest
Nigerians when its Chairman has outstanding corruption cases to answer.
He warned that if the acting EFCC chairman continues in office as
acting chairman after Thursday’s development, it would give the
impression that Magu has been appointed to do a hatchet job, stressing
that his continued stay in office after the rejection would make the
EFCC unable to institute court cases or arrest any citizen.
He reasoned that it would be against laid down rules for Magu to go
ahead to arrest corrupt individuals when he has cases to answer.
According to him, the reason that the Hon Ofili Ajumogobia is in
court facing trial is for her inability to account for her lavish
possessions. If an ex-policeman is living in a luxurious N40m apartment
and flying First class, he should be put on trial in the dock, as he has
done to others to explain how such lavish lifestyle came about.
We cannot have such weighty allegations of corrupt enrichment
hanging over a man who is to investigate and prosecute others, the
lawyer noted.
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