President Muhammadu Buhari had
in 2018 ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to investigate the
suspended chairman of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu.
The DSS provided a comprehensive
“damning” dossier on Magu, which shocked President Buhari.
The present senate-led by Ahmed
Lawan had promised to give expedite action to nominees and letter from the
president but Buhari had refused to re-present Magu’s name to the National
Assembly.
A senior presidential source noted that, “If Magu was a man who can read the signs, he
should have asked himself why the president did not re-present his name to the
Senate for confirmation as EFCC chairman since the new national assembly was
inaugurated.”
Magu,
sensing that President Buhari may make a move against him, tried ingratiating
himself to the president so as to return to Buhari’s good books.
“He came to the mosque at the presidential villa to say Jumaat
prayers along with the president on June 5, but the president was not very
comfortable with it,” the source stated further.
“President Buhari prefers to pray with his family and personal
aides, so he was not happy when Magu wangled his way to the mosque after the
partial lifting of lockdown.
“An instruction was then issued that he should not be allowed to
come to the mosque.”
While
DSS identified several properties allegedly owned by the suspended EFCC acting
chairman in Dubai, the Nigerian Financial Intelligence
Unit (NFIU) provided intelligence on his alleged financial
dealings.
It would be recalls that the NFIU used to
be under the EFCC but was removed and made an independent body in July 2018.
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