The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB)
is preparing charges against Ibrahim Magu, former acting chairman of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for allegedly failing to
declare his assets.
This is completely different from
the ongoing probe of his tenure at the EFCC by a presidential panel.
TheCable claims a source disclosed that Magu
would be arraigned at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), which handles the
cases of public officials who fail to declare their assets.
His lawyer has denied the
allegation that he did not declare his assets.
In 2019, the CCB filed a
six-count charge of false assets declaration against Walter Onnoghen, former
chief justice of Nigeria.
The CCT subsequently convicted
him and he was barred from holding any public office for the next 10 years.
In a statement Wahab Shittu, his
lawyer, issued on his behalf, Magu described the allegation of not declaring
his assets as “gross misrepresentation and blatant falsehood”.
Magu’s travails followed a memo
by Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), who accused him
of grave malfeasance.
He was arrested and whisked
before the panel sitting at the presidential villa in Abuja.
Magu, who was alleged to have
mishandled recovered loot and sold seized assets to his associates, was
detained at the Area 10 force criminal investigation department in Abuja for 10
days before he was released on bail.
He has maintained innocence,
saying forces opposed to his efforts in the fight against corruption are after
him.
In 2009, the federal government
charged Nuhu Ribadu, pioneer chairman of the EFCC, with non-declaration of
assets.
Michael Aondoakaa, former
attorney-general of the federation, had filed charges against Ribadu, who
failed to appear before the CCT on the grounds that the assets declaration form
he submitted to the CCB was not made available to him.
The tribunal eventually struck
out the case against Ribadu.
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