The presidential committee
probing Ibrahim Magu, suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), says it will ensure fair hearing.
The committee, headed by Ayo Salami,
retired president of the appeal court, is probing the activities of the agency
under Magu.
TheCable reports that during the proceeding earlier in
the day, a source close to the committee revealed that Magu’s request for
video recording was rejected but he was assured of getting fair hearing.
“The members are not conducting a
trial or inquiry on Mr Ibrahim Magu nor the EFCC,” the source quoted Salami to
have said.
“This is not a panel but a
committee saddled only with investigation. The request of Mr Ibrahim Magu for
the video recording of the proceedings cannot be granted because the previous
recordings of the proceedings at the beginning was unauthorised by the
investigation committee and the committee does not know the purpose such
recordings will serve.
“The venue of the sitting of the
committee is temporary and therefore it is impossible to install video recording
equipment as requested by Magu. Even the superior courts of records do not have
video recording facilities and lack of such facilities does not infringe on
fair hearing.
“The committee undertakes to
guarantee fair hearing to Magu and all appearing before it in its fact finding
exercise.”
Magu was arrested and detained on
Monday, July 6, 2020, following summons by the presidential panel.
His travails followed a memo by
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, who accused him of “grave malfeasance”.
He was alleged to have mishandled
the recovered loot and sold seized assets to his associates. He was alleged to
have purchased a property in Dubai, United Arab Emirate using a pastor as a
conduit but he has denied all the allegations, describing his suspension and
probe as a case of “dog eats dog”.
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