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  • EFCC nabs 12 bankers for allegedly stealing funds from dormant accounts

    EFCC nabs 12 bankers for allegedly stealing funds from dormant accounts

    The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested twelve bankers for allegedly stealing funds from dormant accounts.

    The suspects are: Odeniyi Anthony, Deki Kingsley Onyekachi, Oguchukwu Ene, Elendu Chizaram, Anyakora Uchenna, Onah Kingsley, Akwe Elizabeth and Chinenye Grace Acibe are being accused of partaking in an insider fraud.

    Others are: Victoria Ezedie, Chidi-Ukah Obinna, Etoh Lawrence Uzochukwu and Udeze Harrison.

    EFCC nabs 12 bankers for allegedly stealing funds from dormant accounts

    Preliminary investigations showed that the suspects allegedly stole funds from some dormant accounts in a branch of an old-generation bank in Enugu.

    The stolen funds were transferred from the dormant accounts to various beneficiaries, with the principal beneficiary already identified by the EFCC.

    The suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that EFCC is a Nigerian law enforcement agency that investigates financial crimes such as advance fee fraud (419 fraud) and money laundering.

    What you need to know about EFCC

    The EFCC was established in 2003, partially in response to pressure from the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF), which named Nigeria as one of 23 countries non-cooperative in the international community’s efforts to fight money laundering.

    The agency has its head office in Abuja, Nigeria.

    Under the previous EFCC chairman Nuhu Ribadu, the agency has addressed financial corruption by prosecuting and convicting a number of high-profile corrupt individuals, ranging from Nigeria’s former chief law enforcement officer to several bank chief executives. By 2005, the EFCC arrested government officials including, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha.

    In September 2006, the EFCC had 31 of Nigeria’s 36 state governors under investigation for corruption. In December 2007, the Nigerian Federal Government, after extensive investigations by EFCC and other organisations, cleared the Vaswani brothers of any wrongdoing and invited them back into the country.

    On June 6, 2008, Chief (Mrs) Farida Mzamber Waziri was sworn in as the new chairperson of the EFCC.

    Then on the 6th of August 2008, the former chairman Nuhu Ribadu was demoted from Assistant Inspector General (AIG) to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP).

    On September 14, 2010, the head of the Forensic Unit of the EFCC, Abdullahi Muazu, was assassinated in Kaduna. He had been actively involved in the trials of several heads of banks.

    Waziri was dismissed by President Goodluck Jonathan on 23 November 2011 and replaced by Ibrahim Lamorde as Acting Chairman, who has since been confirmed on 15 February 2012 by the Nigerian Senate.

    Ibrahim Lamorde was sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari on November 9, 2015, and replaced with Ibrahim Magu. The Nigerian Senate refused to confirm Magu as chairman of the agency twice due to security reports by law enforcement agencies in the country.

    On July 6, 2020, Magu was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services and the Nigeria Police Force and driven to the Presidential Villa where he was made to answer questions on alleged corruption against him.

    He was detained overnight and on July 7 was suspended from his position as chairman of the agency pending the completion of the investigation.

    On July 10, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari approved the immediate suspension of Ibrahim Magu as acting chairman of the EFCC, in a statement issued by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.

    President Muhammadu Buhari also approved that the EFCC Director of Operations, Mohammed Umar Abba, should take charge and oversee the activities of the Commission pending the conclusion of the ongoing investigation and further directives.

    On 16 February 2021 Abdulrasheed Bawa was nominated as substantive chairman of EFCC by President Muhammad Buhari.

  • Controversy trails Magu’s promotion to AIG as Minister insists it came after his retirement

    Controversy trails Magu’s promotion to AIG as Minister insists it came after his retirement

    Controversy trails promotion of former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, to the rank of an Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), as Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi insists it came after his retirement raising likely fresh issues around the anti-graft chief fate.

    Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, disclosed the promotion after retirement when he featured as guest on the weekly ministerial briefing by the Presidential Communication team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Monday approved promotion of the former EFCC boss just about when his retirement from the Police was due, having clocked 60 on May 5, 2022.

    Magu had been investigated by a presidential panel headed by Justice Ayo Salami, which had since submitted its report in which it recommended the retirement of Magu in 2020.

    When asked why he was promoted, the Minister said it was the responsibility of the PSC, which is under the Presidency, to provide the answer.

    But he affirmed that Magu had already retired, noting that being retired would not preclude him from any disciplinary measures should the need arise.

  • BREAKING: Ex-EFCC chair, Magu missing as PSC promotes 24 CPs to AIG rank

    BREAKING: Ex-EFCC chair, Magu missing as PSC promotes 24 CPs to AIG rank

    The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved promotion of 24 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police.

    It however declined promotion of former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Commissioner of Police (CP), Ibrahim Magu.

    The Commission’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed these in a statement on Thursday titled: ‘PSC promotes 24 CPs, 35 DCPs, 52 ACPs, 50 CSPs, drops Ibrahim Magu’.

    According to him, the decisions were high points of the Commission’s 12th Plenary Meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday presided over by Commission’s chairman, Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector General of Police.

    He said: “The Commission declined the promotion of CP Magu pending clearance from the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and the Office of the Inspector General of Police”.

    Magu, who served as acting chairman of the EFCC from 2015 to 2020, was rejected twice by the Senate for confirmation.

  • Proposed promotion for Magu shows Buhari presidency is condoning corruption

    Proposed promotion for Magu shows Buhari presidency is condoning corruption

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the plan by the Police Service Commission to promote Ibrahim Magu, the indicted ex chairman of the EFCC is an insult to Nigerians.

    Magu was a commissioner of police before he was sacked as acting chairman of the EFCC.

    But reports indicated that the PSC had ignored the report of a presidential panel headed by Justice Ayo Salami and now wants to promote Magu as Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG)

    The report recommended that Magu should be prosecuted over allegations of abuse of office.

    The panel also recommended Magu to the inspector-general of police for “necessary disciplinary action”.

    Since the report was submitted in November 2020, no executive action has been taken..

    The PDP said the move to promote Magu is a “direct slap on the sensibilities of Nigerians”.

    Kola Ologbondiyan, the publicity secretary slammed the move as ‘ludicrous”, but said it fits the pattern of the Buhari regime in covering corruption.

    Ologbondiyan’s statement:

    Reported Proposed Promotion For Magu Shows Buhari Presidency Is Condoning Corruption

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the reports in the media space of plans to promote the ousted acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, despite his open indictment for corruption and abuse of office, further confirms that the Buhari Presidency is a sanctuary of corruption.

    The party describes as outrageous and a direct slap on the sensibilities of Nigerians that the Buhari administration is reportedly planning to promote Magu to Assistant Inspector General of Police, despite being indicted in the alleged stealing of billions of naira recovered by the EFCC as well as cases of abuse of office in the commission by the Justice Ayo Salami Presidential investigation panel.

    It is indeed ludicrous, though true to its proclivity to cover corruption, that the Buhari Presidency, instead of allowing the law to take its course, is rather rewarding corruption by reportedly planning to promote an individual indicted for treasury looting and compromising of high-profile corruption cases for pecuniary gains.

    Our party invites Nigerians to note how the Buhari administration has failed to take disciplinary action against Magu, as recommended by the Salami panel, but seeks to reward him with a promotion in spite of the report by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, which nailed him for alleged diversion of recovered funds and fraudulent sale of assets seized by the EFCC.

    This is in addition to reports by the Department of State Services (DSS) which also stated that Magu had failed “the integrity test and will eventually constitute a liability to the anti-corruption stand of the current government.”

    The reports of planned promotion for Magu has heightened apprehension in the public space that certain top officials in the Buhari Presidency are overburdened with corruption complicity and fears that a docked Magu would expose their atrocities.

    Nigerians could recall how the counsel to Magu, Wahab Shittu, boastfully declared that he has Magu’s instruction to inform the public that “he will be reinstated back to office.”

    The PDP however calls on the Police Service Commission (PSC) and the Police high command to resist the pressure from the corrupt cabal in the Buhari Presidency to pitch them against Nigerians over Magu but rather commence processes for his prosecution in a court of competent jurisdiction in the interest of justice.

    The PDP further counsels President Buhari not to “ease off” the allegations of corruption against Magu but should make the Justice Salami’s report open and if necessary, prosecute the former EFCC chairman.

    Signed:
    Kola Ologbondiyan
    National Publicity Secretary

  • Court stops EFCC from arresting Ozekhome for criticising Magu

    Court stops EFCC from arresting Ozekhome for criticising Magu

    The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, restrained the EFCC from inviting, harassing and threatening to arrest or detain Mr Mike Ozekhome, SAN, for criticising the former Acting Chairman of The commission, Ibrahim Magu.

    Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo held that serial acts of intimidation and constant invitations the EFCC extended to Ozekhome were illegal, unlawful, wrong and unconstitutional.

    The lawyer had told the court that the intimidation, invitations as well as threats to arrest, detain and humiliate him were over publications and speeches he made.

    The respect to the “apparent opaqueness and lopsidedness” of the corruption fight of the EFCC under the leadership of Magu.

    The court held that the action of the agency constituted a violation of Ozekhome’s fundamental rights as enshrined in sections 35, 37, 39 and 41 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).

    The court said the action of the anti-graft agency also contravened Articles 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12 & 14 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights Ratification and Enforcement Act, Cap. A9 LFN 2004.

    The judgement was sequel to a fundamental rights enforcement suit instituted by Ozekhome in the court.

    The EFCC, Magu and one of its lead operatives, Abubakar Madaki were named as the first to third respondents in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/324/2018

    Ozekhome had told the court that aside from repeatedly summoning him to appear for questioning, the EFCC froze his bank account after he was paid his legal fees totalling the sum of N75 million, by the former governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose.

    The lawyer maintained that one of the reasons the EFCC made him its primary target, was due to the fact that he secured so many legal victories against it in various courts in the country.

    He said he did not commit any offence to warrant the incessant invitations and threats to arrest, detain or declare him wanted by the respondents.

    He further told the court that the account from which the N75 million was paid to him, belonged to the former governor of Ekiti, who he said had not been convicted by any court to warrant labelling the money as proceed of crime.

    Ozekhome averred that it took the intervention of the Federal High Court in Lagos to unfreeze his bank account.

    Consequently, he prayed the court to among other things, declare that he was entitled to receive legal fees for professional services he rendered to clients.

    He further asked the court to compel the respondents to publish an unreserved apology to him in three prominent dailies for the breach of his right.

    He also asked the court for an order directing the respondents to jointly and severally pay the sum of N5 billion to him as damages for the violation of his rights.

    However, the EFCC, in a counter-affidavit that was deposed to by one of its operatives, Usman Aliyu, urged the court to dismiss the suit.

    The Commission told the court that Ozekhome was being investigated for a lot of cases bordering on money laundering and tax evasion based on intelligence report from the Nigeria Financial Intelligent Unit, (NFIU).

    It told the court that Ozekhome received various sums of money at different times from DAAR Investment & Holding Company Limited, Ekiti Government and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC) without payment of taxes due to both the Federal and Ekiti state governments.

    The EFCC also told the court that further investigation revealed an attempt by the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, to launder money through Ozekhome in the sum of N1 billion.

    Justice Ekwo in his judgment said that he was satisfied that Ozekhome established a case of intimidation and harassment by the respondents.

    He held that though the court would always restrain itself from interfering with the functions of statutory bodies like the EFCC.

    “That is only in so far as such agency is demonstrably shown to be acting pursuant to the veritable spirit of the law.

    “Where the act of such statutory body is shown to be manifestly predicated on ill will, malice and animosity, the law will intervene.

    ” The Court will never allow the law to be used as instrument of vendetta or vindictiveness as established in this case.

    “On the whole, I find that the applicant has establish clear case of animus by the respondents in the manner of incessant invitation to him,” the judge said.

    The judge, however, declined to either award damages in his favour or compel EFCC to apologise to him.

  • Court summons Malami, Magu, Emefiele, others to testify in Maina’s trial

    Court summons Malami, Magu, Emefiele, others to testify in Maina’s trial

    The Federal High Court, Abuja, has issued a subpoena compelling Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Ibrahim Magu, former acting Chairman, EFCC .

    They are to testify in the ongoing case against Abdulrasheed Maina,Chairman, defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT).

    The subpoena, signed on March 8 by the presiding judge, Okon Abang, also commanded the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, and others to appeared before the court on March 9, March 10 and March 11 to give their testimony.

    Others who were also subpoenaed included Femi Falana, SAN; M. Mustapha of Zenith Bank Abuja; Hassan Salihu of ICPC; G.T. Idriss also from ICPC; Mohammed Wakil, retired Commissioner of Police and Chief Kenneth Amabem.

    Others are Mr Kennedy Uzoka, Group Managing Director of United Bank for Africa (UBA); and Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, Managing Director, Fidelity Bank; Mr Ibrahim Kaigama of NIPSS Jos and the director of compliance with CBN.

    The document addressed to Malami and Magu reads: “You are commanded in the name of the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Pepublic of Nigeria to attend before this court at court 6, on 9th, 10th, 11th day of March 2021 at 9 o’clock in the forenoon, and so from day to day till the above case is tied, to give evidence on behalf of the 1st defendant.”

    Maina is standing trial for allegedly laundering money to the tune of N2 billion.

    The first defence witness in the case, Ngozika Ihuoma, had, while giving his evidence-in-chief, alleged that EFCC under Magu misappropriated 222 property worth N1.63 trillion recovered by the Maina-led PRTT.

    He alleged that Magu had sold most of the property to his friends and associates.

    Ihuoma had also told the court that AGF and the National Security Adviser (NSA) met with Maina in Dubai, United Arab Emirate (UAE) in January 2016,

    “After the meeting in Dubai, Maina gave the delegation intelligence report that led to the recovery of N1.3 trillion out of the N3 trillion promised to recover,” the witness said.

  • Magu: CCB summons suspended EFCC chairman, demands for documents of his assets

    Magu: CCB summons suspended EFCC chairman, demands for documents of his assets

    Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been summoned by the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB.

    CCB asked Magu to appear before it on Tuesday with documents of his assets and copies of his assets declarations while in service, among other things.

    The invitation was contained in a letter dated November 2, 2020 and was signed by CCB’s Director of Intelligence, Investigation, and Monitoring, SP Gwimi.

    In the letter, the bureau disclosed that it’s investigating an alleged breach of code of conduct by Magu.

    According to the letter: “The Bureau is investigating a case of alleged breach of Code of Conduct for Public Officers against Mr. Ibrahim Mustapha Magu, the former Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

    “In view of the foregoing, you are invited for an interview scheduled as follows: Date: Tuesday 17 November, 2020. Times 11am Prompt. “Venue: CCB Interview Room, 5 Floor, Annex 3, Federal Secretariat Complex, Shehu Shagari Way, Maitama Abuja.

    “You are expected to come along with the Certified True Copies (CTC) of the following:

    “Acknowledgement slips of all your assets declaration to the Code of Conduct Bureau since you joined public service.

    “Copies of your Appointment Letter, Acceptance, Records of Service and Pay Slips from January to May, 2020.

    “All documents of your landed properties, both developed and undeveloped.”

    This is coming at a time activities of EFCC under Magu were being probed by a Presidential panel.

    The probe followed an indictment by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.

    Malami had accused Magu of misappropriation and insubordination while in office.

    Prior to the commencement of the probe, President Muhammadu Buhari had approved Magu’s suspension.

    Magu has, however, lamented over the conduct of the panel which he claimed was against him.

  • No regrets probing Magu – Justice Salami

    No regrets probing Magu – Justice Salami

    Justice Ayo Salami, chairman of the presidential panel investigating Ibrahim Magu, suspended chairman of the EFCC has denied reports he regretted taking up the assignment.

    An online news platform (not TheNewsGuru.com, TNG) had reported that Salami made the remark to some lawyers representing Magu.

    But the respected judge discredited the report as figment of the imagination of the medium and the lawyers who spoke with it.

    “The reports were a figment of the wild imagination of the reporter, the two lawyers quoted as his sources and the medium that published the story,” Salami was reported to have said on Tuesday.

    “There was no time anything near the unthinkable scenario painted in the false story occurred in any meeting between myself and the lawyers to Magu or any other person, for that matter, since the Judicial Commission of Inquiry began its sittings.

    “I have no cause to express any regret over my Chairmanship of the Commission, not to talk of betraying any form of emotion before anyone about it. I see my appointment to serve as the Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry as an honour and call to service, thus my decision to accept diligently and patriotically discharge this responsibility.

    “I have never appointed any of the two lawyers or any other person(s) to speak on my behalf as I can express myself without recourse to the lawyers of the persons we are probing. As an eminent jurist, who retired as the President of the Court of Appeal, I have handled much more complex cases than the current one before the Commission. There is no doubt that the false reports were aimed at causing mischief and tarnishing my hard-earned reputation and integrity. I remain resolute and committed to the service of the nation and ready to champion the ideals of justice and fairness.

    “I want to point out that such wild claims against me and the Commission are not strange to me, given the manner in which the lawyers to Magu have been carrying on in the conduct of their client’s case before the Commission. Planting such lies in the media about proceedings at the panel has been their pastime. They believe that it is by engaging in such media propaganda against the Commission that their client can be easily absolved of the various allegations that have been brought against him.”

    Salami asked Nigerians to disregard the report.

    He said “lies and blackmail” will not deter him and other members of the panel from discharging their duty.

    He said the panel which he chairs will continue its investigation of the allegations against Magu with a view to unearthing the truth and ensuring that justice is done.

    Magu is being investigated over allegations that he mismanaged recovered assets from May 2015 to May 2020, when he was acting chairman.

  • Probe: FCMB tenders public apology to Magu’s ‘spiritual father’

    Probe: FCMB tenders public apology to Magu’s ‘spiritual father’

    First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has tendered a public apology to Emmanuel Omale, general overseer of Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministries International.

    Prophet Emmanuel Omale, who claims to be the spiritual guide of the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, had sued First City Monument Bank Plc for N5bn.

    In the suit marked FCT/HC/CV/2020, Omale stated that FCMB falsely reported to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit that N570m was paid into his church account.

    He said the allegations led to accusations that the money was used in purchasing a house in Dubai for Magu.

    The statement of claim read in part, “Sometime on or about the 6th day of July 2020 the former acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu was arrested and summoned to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to appear before the Presidential Investigation Committee on the Alleged Mismanagement of the EFCC, Federal Government Recovered Assets and Finances From May 2015 to May 2020.

    “That one of the key allegations leveled at the Presidential Investigation Committee against Mr. Ibrahim Magu, was that the 2nd Claimant (Prophet Omale) fraudulently and corruptly purchased a real estate property for Mr. Ibrahim Magu in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates with the said sum of N573, 228, 04 allegedly credited as an inflow into the 1st Claimant’s (church’s) Corporate Current Account No: 1486743019 in the year 2016.”

    Omale stated that due to the investigation and negative media reports, his family was exposed to public ridicule and their spiritual calling was insulted.

    However, the bank has now tendered a public apology to Omale.

    In a letter dated September 11, and titled “Re: Bank Negligence Occasioning Unique Investigation and Defamation to our Client” with copies of the public apology attached, the bank explained that the sum of N573 million was mistakenly paid into Omale’s account and also denied that the error was intentionally done to tarnish the image of the cleric.

    The apology was published in three national newspapers: The Guardian, Daily Trust, and BusinessDay.

    Adewale Fati and Olugbenga Elemide, the bank’s legal counsel who signed the letter, stated that the bank regrets the error.

    “Please be informed that in line with the undertaking contained in our aforementioned letter, we have published in three national newspapers (The Guardian newspaper, Daily Trust newspaper and BusinessDay newspaper) on September 11, 2020. Please find attached herewith copies of our public apology to Divine Hand of God Ministries,” the letter reads.

    “It is our hope that the public apology has assuaged the grievances of your client, having seen that the error was indeed not borne out of any malice towards them.

    “Kindly extend our good wishes to your client, whilst assuring you of our warm professional regards”

  • SERAP tackles Buhari over ‘missing ’15 corruption case files, 103 others stuck in Malami’s office

    SERAP tackles Buhari over ‘missing ’15 corruption case files, 103 others stuck in Malami’s office

    A Nigerian rights group claimed that some 15 corruption case files are missing in the office of Justice Minister, Abubakar Malami and that 103 other high profile cases are yet to receive his attention, three years after the EFCC referred them to him.

    Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has therefore sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari requesting him to instruct Malami to take immediate steps about the cases.

    The organization said: “The high-profile corruption cases include 103 cases reportedly sent by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC] in 2017, and the 15 allegedly missing case files sent by the now-defunct Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property, [SPIP] in 2019 to Mr. Malami.”

    In the letter dated 26 September, 2020 and signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organization said: “The authorities’ failure to diligently and expeditiously prosecute high profile corruption cases amounts to a fundamental breach of constitutional and international obligations. Continuing failure to prosecute these cases may create the perception of a deliberate effort to protect those considered to be very influential and powerful.”

    According to the organization: “The fact that these cases have been pending for several years suggests that your government has not carried out its public, constitutional and international obligations, including the obligations to show that no one is above the law as far as the fight against corruption is concerned.”

    The organization said: “Public interest demands that high-profile corruption cases are concluded within a reasonable time so that those guilty are punished and the innocent are set free.

    “The rule of law and the preservation of democracy also require that the authorities duly proceed in accordance with the law against every high-profile person suspected of grand corruption, irrespective of where he/she is placed in the political hierarchy.”

    The letter, copied to Mr Malami, read in part: “SERAP is seriously concerned about the apparent inertia by the authorities to diligently and expeditiously prosecute high-profile corruption cases.

    “While many of these cases have been dragging before your assumption of office in May 2015, several of the cases have not satisfactorily progressed, contrary to Nigerians’ expectations.”

    “Speedily, diligently, effectively and fairly prosecuting high-profile corruption cases would demonstrate your government’s commitment to enhance probity in public life and willingness to enforce accountability in public life. The basic postulate of the concept of equality: ‘Be you ever so high, the law is above you’, should be your government’s approach to high profile corruption cases.”

    “Our requests are brought in the public interest, and in keeping with the requirements of the Nigerian Constitution 1999 [as amended] particularly section 15[5], and Nigeria’s international obligations, including under the UN Convention against Corruption and the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption, as well as the rule of law.”

    “We hope that the aspects highlighted will help guide your actions in acting to ensure the diligent, expeditious and effective prosecution of longstanding high-profile corruption cases, including the 103 cases and the allegedly missing 15 case files of high-profile corruption suspects.”

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    “We would be grateful if your government begins to implement the recommended action and measures within 14 days of the receipt and/or publication of this letter.”

    “If we have not heard from you by then as to the steps being taken in this direction, the Registered Trustees of SERAP shall take all appropriate legal actions to compel your government to pursue prosecution of these longstanding high-profile corruption cases to their logical conclusion, and to regularly report to Nigerians on the progress of prosecution.”