- The EFCC has notified Nigerians about plans by ‘shadowy interests’ to frame its acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu
- Wilson Uwajuren, the EFCC spokesman, stated that the shadowy interests planned to name Magu as the owner of various overseas choice properties
- Uwajuren insisted that Magu had never bought any house anywhere outside Nigeria, and disclosed that this latest ploy comes several months after a previous attempt had been made to implicate the EFCC boss in illegal financial dealings
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has raised the alarm over an alleged plot to frame its Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu, with ownership of assets abroad, NAN reports.
NAIJ.com gathers that the spokesman for the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement on Wednesday, November 1, that ‘shadowy interests at the receiving end’ of the agency’s anti-corruption campaign were behind the alleged scheme.
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He stated: “Those behind the plot, which is believed to be part of a grand design to discredit the anti-graft czar, have allegedly finalised plans to name Magu as the owner of choice properties in exotic locations abroad.
“The commission has information that the desperate cabal could take their gambit to the ridiculous extent of purchasing properties and registering them in the name of Ibrahim Magu to make the plot believable.
“They are also prepared to sponsor some political hirelings who would come out openly to claim they have information about the property acquisitions.”
According to him, the alleged plot is aimed at tainting the ‘unblemished integrity’ of Magu, to make him an object of public ridicule.
Uwajuren stated further: “The commission, however, wishes to alert the public that Magu has no interest in any property whatsoever outside Nigeria.
“He has neither bought a house anywhere outside Nigeria nor commissioned any person or corporate body to acquire property in his name or any name remotely linked to him.
“The latest plot is coming many months after the commission similarly raised alarm over plots by some interests to pay humungous sums into Magu’s accounts with a view to releasing the information as evidence he had been compromised.”
The EFCC spokesman quoted Magu as saying that the schemes would never make him lose focus in his assignment to defeat corruption in the country.
“They can only irritate me, but they can’t stop me because all men of goodwill in this country know the sacrifices that we are making to improve the fortunes of our nation.
“Those who assume that I have properties abroad, can go and claim them”, Magu was quoted as saying.
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, revealed that those actually destroying the war against corruption under President Muhammadu Buhari are the same people elected to protect the public and the poor.
Magu, who addressed a crowd at an EFCC stakeholders’ walk in Abuja, revealed that those in authority were frustrating the war against corruption.
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Source: Naija.ng
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Wednesday, 1 November 2017