The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, has said
that former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, CP
Ibrahim Magu, is still on the Federal Government’s payroll as a police officer
despite his suspension by the President, Muhammadu Buhari.
The minister spoke on Tuesday when he featured as a guest on
Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ current affairs programme.
Magu, who served as acting chairman of the EFCC from 2015 to
2020, was rejected twice by the Senate.
He was later suspended along with several others in July 2020 for allegedly mismanaging funds of the commission, an allegation which he vehemently denied.
The former EFCC boss was probed for over three months by a
judicial panel of inquiry led by a former President of the Court of Appeal,
Justice Ayo Salami.
The panel made several recommendations but the report has
not been made public to date.
The President later in February 2021 named Abdulrasheed Bawa
as the new EFCC chairman to replace Magu.
In July 2021, the Police Service Commission approved the
promotion of 24 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant
Inspectors General of Police but a statement by the Commission’s Head of Press
and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, said that “the Commission declined the
promotion of CP Magu pending clearance from the office of the Attorney General
of the Federation and Minister of Justice and the Office of the Inspector
General of Police.”
Giving an update on Magu’s case on the programme on Tuesday,
the minister said, “The matter is investigated and the man is still in the
service, he is still in the Force Headquarters, I don’t want to expatiate at
this material time as to what is happening to the report of the committee. What
I know is that the report has been submitted to Mr President and as far as I
know, no communication has yet to be submitted to the ministry or the police
force on this matter.
“So, we are waiting for the final outcome and the public
will be informed as and when the need arises.”
“Of course, he is still a police officer even though he is
under suspension. He used to be the chairman of the EFCC but he is no longer
one.
“But that does not mean he is not on the payroll of the
Federal Government; he is still a civil servant, he is still a police officer
until a final decision is taken on the matter, I don’t think I should say
anything more than I have said on this matter now,” Dingyadi added.
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