On Arm Fraud: Sack Magu Now, Body Tells Buhari

The coalition of Nigerian Youths for Change Initiative has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack the Acting Chairman of EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu over his indictment by Mohammed Umar’s revelation that he was fronting for Mr. Magu. EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu.

In a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Oladimeji Ayo in Abuja, the group insisted that, for Air commodere Mohammed Umar Rtd to have been awarded N43 million contract just to furnish the EFCC Chairman’s apartment in Maitama, Abuja, which was rented for N40 million for two years at a time the nation is undergoing economic recession is a enough reason to relieve Magu of his appointment.

He added that the “Magu led EFCC is not different from his predecessor, Ibrahim Larmorde whose tenure witnessed the outright stealing of N1trillion Naira of recovered funds by the commission, an allegation that made Mr Lamorde disappeared from public scene instead of defending himself before the Nigerian Senate.

“The way and manner Ibrahim Magu is handling the operation of the commission where EFCC has become more powerful than the Nigeria law court has raised suspicion among Nigerians. This is an era of Anti-corruption crusade where we are expected to witness the liberation of the Nigerian State, where we expect all Nigerians to support Mr President in restoring diginity and santity to the people, where the rule of law is supreme as preached by Magu upon resumption as the Chairman of the commission, but today, Mr Magu as the head of EFCC is playing the script of some powerful persons by collecting money in dollars thereby setting them free, while those legitimately set free by the law court are being held to ransom.

“We hereby call on President Muhammadu Buhari not to sweep under the carpet, the revelation by Thisday Newspaper of the 10th of June, 2016 that Mohammed Umar who was a member of the Presidential Arms procurement probe panel that the $1.5 million recovered from him is for a ranking member of the panel from EFCC which Magu is the only representative of EFCC in the panel.”