Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting
chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has described
the allegations levelled against him as “nonsense”.
Speaking with The Nation hours
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 the presidential villa in Abuja, where he appeared before a panel
President Muhammadu Buhari set up to probe the EFCC under him.
The panel is headed by Ayo
Salami, retired president of the appeal court.
“They are nonsense. They are mere
trump up allegations to tarnish my image and that of the EFCC. I did not steal
or divert or convert funds to private use. I read the allegations and I was
shocked,” Magu was quoted to have said.
“What I have gone through is a
case of dog eats dog but I see it as one of those risks of the job… we must not
give up in any way.”
Magu, who vowed to fight
corruption till the end, thanked those who stood by him when he was in
detention.
He asked Nigerians not to give up
on the fight against corruption, saying: “Corruption kills a nation faster than
any other thing.”
“I thank Nigerians for their
support, they should not be discouraged. I am happy to be back, I believe the
war against corruption is winnable,” he said.
“Whether I am EFCC Chairman or
not, the anti-corruption war must continue.”
Magu’s travails followed a memo
by Malami accusing him of grave malfeasance. He was alleged to have mishandled
the recovered loot and sold seized assets to his associates.
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 earlier denied the
allegations through his lawyers.
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