How Buhari elevated EFCC boss, Magu over Malami – CACOL
says President Buhari's directive to the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) to ensure prosecution of those involved in the
Malabu OPL 245 scam was an indication that the Attorney General of the
Federation, Abubarkar Malami (SAN) has failed.
It said by given the task to the EFCC, Buhari has shown that acting
chairman, Ibrahim Magu, was fighting graft better than Malami.
Debo Adeniran, CACOL Executive Chairman, in a statement on Tuesday
stated that Malami has been throwing spanners into the wheel of
activities of the president to curb corruption in the country.
It lamented how Malami asked Buhari that those involved in the scam be
freed from prosecution.
"It would be recalled that amongst many, the AGF is still under
various scrutiny for the roles of his office in bringing back through
the back door the indicted pension funds scammer, Abdulrasheed Maina
into the public service of the Federation.
"Curiously while the world is upholding global anti-corruption
standards, some public officials are still living in the cocoon of
crude Stone Age colluding with perpetrators of public funds looting
and vicarious scams.
"CACOL salutes the audacity and patriotic steadfastness of the
Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu
who had kept the Presidency abreast of developments on the Malabu
case, a matter which our organisation has valiantly called for its
thorough investigations and apprehension of culprits.
"It is equally worthy of commendation that Magu was never cowed by the
AGF's memo to stop the investigation rather he wrote a counter-memo on
the strength of which the Federal Government based its directive to
the anti-corruption agency.
"A new scandal has unfolded around the office of the Executive
Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Yusuf Usman
who is suspected to have illegally withdrawn N10Billion from the
coffers of the Funds with active connivance of a cabal who are
believed to have held the Presidency in bondage including the AGF and
others within the cabinet!
"CACOL and its members across the entire gamut of our great country
unequivocally assert that the Attorney General of the Federation,
Abubarkar Malami has totally lost any iota of credibility to occupy
that exalted office,
"The directive of Mr. Presidency to the EFCC is a manifest and clear
statement that Malami is no longer capable of discharging his
constitutional duties without fears or favour.
"We call for his immediate resignation, if he dithers, President
Muhammed Buhari must sack him "forthrightly" for the campaign against
corrupt public officials to have tangible meaning".
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