Tag: Magu
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Probe: Magu makes fresh, shocking revelations on whereabouts of recovered assets
The suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has finally let the cat out of the bag on some allegations leveled against him by the Justice Ayo Salami-led panel probing the whereabouts of some recovered asset by the agency. According to reports, Magu while defending his management of the…
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Magu’s probe: Prepare for surprises, presidency tells Nigerians
There is more to be heard and seen as regards the case of suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, this is according to a statement from the presidency. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who made the revelations during an interview…
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Why Magu was after me – Saraki
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has revealed why the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu went after him with zeal to prosecute him. Saraki said Magu decided to take the fight against him personal because the eight National Assembly did not confirm his appointment as substantive EFCC Chairman.…
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Magu says allegations leveled against him fabricated, makes fresh vows
Suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has described the allegations levelled against him as “nonsense” and ‘fabricated’. Speaking after he was released from police custody, Magu said he was shocked when he read the allegations designed to tarnish his image. He was arrested last week and whisked to…
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BREAKING: Magu finally released from detention
Reports reaching TheNewGuru (TNG) indicate that the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has been released on bail. Recall Magu was arrested and detained on Monday, July 6, 2020, following a summons by the presidential panel over alleged infractions as regards his activities in office. As at the…
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BREAKING: Police IG rejects Magu’s bail request, sends him to panel
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has asked Tosin Ojaomo, the counsel for the embattled former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, to direct the request for his client’s bail to the Presidential panel investigating his activities in office. The IG said the police were not investigating Magu and is…
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Probe: Detectives comb Magu’s office, arrest top aides
Some detectives on Monday searched the office of the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu as part of the ongoing investigation by the Justice Ayo Salami Investigative panel. It was learnt that a vital computer was retrieved by the investigators. Also, more EFCC officials, including the acting Director…
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Prophet distances self from Magu over N573m Dubai property
A cleric has denied allegations that he bought a property in Dubai worth N573m on behalf of the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. Prophet Emmanuel Omale, who is also the General Overseer of Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministries International, Abuja, said this in a pre-litigation letter addressed…
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Tinubu, Osinbajo are Magu’s godfathers – Fani-Kayode
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has alleged that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, are godfathers of the suspended Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu. Fani-Kayode in a Tweet on Sunday claimed that Magu never worked for President Muhammadu Buhari while in office but…
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Magu faces fresh query over missing 332 houses, two oil vessels
The suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),Mr Ibrahim Magu, has again been accused of allegedly failing to give proper account of missing 332 out of the 836 recovered real estate property in March, 2018. A report by the Presidential Committee on Audit of Recovered Assets (PCARA) made available to the…