It has been reported that the Minister of Justice and Nigeria’s Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, has written to President Buhari.
He wrote to the President, recommending the termination of the appointment of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu.
In his letter to the president, Malaị based his recommendation on several grounds “ranging from diversion of recovered loot to insubordination and misconduct” by Magu.
Multiple sources report that the minister of Justice included a shortlist of three candidates for consideration to replace Magu.
The report states that Magu is fighting back and his supporters within the Presidency insist that removing Magu at this time when he has given muscle to Buhari’s anti-corruption fight would be a mistake.
It is painful that the EFCC boss is facing certain powerful forces who have decided to remove him in spite of his remarkable achievements,” sources stated.
The sources said that given the weight of Malami’s allegations against Magu, the president may be inclined “to set up a probe panel that will look into the veracity of the allegations and make necessary recommendations.”
One of the sources said,
“I can authoritatively tell you that though Magu has survived previous plots to remove him, the AGF’s legal opinion remains the deadliest plot to get Magu out of the EFCC as AGF’s letter to the president contained 22 weighty allegations that require Buhari’s decision on whether or not to send Magu’s name to the Senate for confirmation or replace him….. This is because the office of the AGF is the supervising ministry of the EFCC and so his legal opinion cannot be treated with levity.
For example, Malami alleged accounting gaps or discrepancies of figures concerning the recovered assets, claiming that Magu was not transparent enough in the management of recovered assets…”
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