Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting
chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has asked the
presidential panel probing the agency under his watch to release details of the
allegations against him.
Magu first appeared before the
panel headed by Ayo Salami, retired president of the appeal court, on July 6.
He was detained at force criminal
investigation department, area 10, Abuja, for nine days before being granted
bail.
In a letter dated August 20, Magu
through Wahab Shittu, his counsel, asked the panel to provide details of
allegations against his client ahead of his defence.
“Please refer to SECTION
36(6)(A)(B) CFRN 1999 which provides as follows: Every person who is charged
with a criminal offence shall be entitled to be informed promptly in the
language that he understands and in details of the nature of the offence,”
Shittu wrote.
“Be given adequate time and
facility for the preparation of his defence. Based on the foregoing, we request
ahead of the defence of our client before this judicial commission of inquiry
for the following:
“Copies of all
presentations/petitions against our client tendered in these proceedings;
access to all exhibits tendered in these proceedings; access to relevant case
files and documents tendered in these proceedings; any other materials that
will be relevant for purposes of the defence of our client in these
proceedings.
“We humbly request you to note
that in view of the timeline stipulated above and the need to clarify the
duration of the sittings and whether the appointing authority has extended the
period, it is of utmost importance that access to the requested documents is
granted to our client and his counsel to ensure seamless proceedings and the
guarantee of fair hearing as enshrined in the 1999 constitution of the federal
republic of Nigeria.”
In July, the suspended EFCC boss
had complained of not being officially received a copy of the allegations
against him.
Magu’s travails followed a memo
by Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, who accused him of
“grave malfeasance”.
Magu was alleged to have
mishandled recovered loot and sold seized assets to his associates.
He has since denied the
allegations.
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