Indications emerged, yesterday,
that chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu,
may lose his position unless President Muhammadu Buhari changes his mind.
It was learned that the EFCC boss
may be asked to pursue further studies in order to advance his career in the
Nigeria Police Force where he is already a commissioner, as the Presidency has
vetted two top police chiefs as replacement.
One of the very reliable sources
confirmed that the EFCC chairman who had defied all odds to cling to his job,
despite being denied confirmation by the Senate, is likely to be given a
dignified exit out of the job by the Presidency so as not to be seen as having
been ‘used and dumped’ by the Buhari administration.
A Presidency top official, who is
privy to the plan, told Vanguard that Magu was likely to be asked to proceed on
further studies at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies,
Jos, where top bureaucrats are groomed for higher offices.
Magu does not defer to anyone and
does not want to keep any agreement with anyone.
“The plan to remove him has reached an
advanced stage and nobody except the President himself can stop the hand of the
ticking clock,” said a top Presidency official who did not want to be
named.
Vanguard also reports that as the plot to oust Magu thickened, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has begun moves to stall his removal from office, describing him as the face of the Buhari’s anti-corruption war.
Vanguard also reports that as the plot to oust Magu thickened, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has begun moves to stall his removal from office, describing him as the face of the Buhari’s anti-corruption war.
It was gathered that Osinbajo had already gone
behind those planning to remove him to tell Buhari that any attempt to remove
Magu would stifle the corruption fight and send a wrong signal to the
international community, which had been hailing Nigeria in the past.
One of those close to Magu said
the acting chairman was aware of the plot but had resigned to fate, hoping that
President Buhari would save his job.
An EFCC official confirmed,
yesterday, that Magu was saddened by the move to remove him, despite putting
his life and career on the line to fight for the country.
The official cited the
prosecution and conviction of no fewer than 317 corrupt elements in the country
between January and December 2018.
However, efforts to reach Magu to
confirm the development proved abortive, as he neither picked calls placed to
his known telephone lines nor responded to text messages sent to him.
Special Assistant on Media to
Magu, Mr. Tony Amokeodo, also declined to comment on the development, saying he
was just hearing the issue for the first time from our correspondent.
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