Twelve directors of the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been suspended.
On Tuesday, Abubakar Malami,
attorney-general of the federation (AGF), sent a letter to Mohammed Umar,
acting EFCC chairman, notifying him of the suspension of the directors.
TheCable reports that some of
the directors affected by the action have been a part of the team investigating
Malami, though the office of the AGF linked the exercise to the probe of
Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the anti-graft agency.
Malami admitted to approving the
sale of oils assets seized by the EFCC, but he said the sale followed due
process.
Kabir Akingbolu, a human rights
lawyer, had said the AGF risked five years in prison for “illegally” approving
the auctioning of the sea vessels holding crude oil and diesel.
Last week, the suspended acting
EFCC chairman was arrested and marshalled before a presidential panel led by
Ayo Salami, retired president of the court of appeal, probing the operations of
the agency under him.
He was later suspended and
detained.
A slew of allegations has come to
the fore since his arrest. He was alleged to have purchased a property in
Dubai, United Arab Emirate using a pastor as a conduit.
He was also alleged to have
laundered over N500 billion through a bureau-de-change in Kaduna.
Magu, through his lawyers, has
denied the allegations.
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