Magu Runs ‘A Vicious Cult’ In EFCC, Alleges Shehu Sani

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Former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Mr. Shehu Sani has accused Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), of running a “cult” in the agency.

Sani said this while reacting to Ibrahim Magu’s travails on his Facebook. He accused Magu of backing some vicious and cruel officers who operate with impunity and report exclusively to him.

He added that what people see outside is a ‘facade’ stressing that in reality the EFCC has been run by an inside cult called “the Magu Boys” or “the Chairman Squad.”

He said, “Contrary to the facade you see from the outside, the EFCC has been run by an inside cult called ‘the Magu Boys’ or ‘the Chairman Squad.”

“They are a select cream of vicious and cruel officers who operate exclusively and with impunity and only report directly to their boss. The inside cult is the dark and immoral aspect of the agency engaged in persecution, blackmail, frame ups and cruelty.”

The former Senator said Magu’s ordeal would continue until his privileged, blue-eyed boys are rooted out from the agency.

He added that as long as  “Magu’s privileged boys remain in the agency damning reports will keep coming from marginalized, honest officers in the agency.

“The cult has been the wheel behind the ordeal of their embattled Boss. Until they are rooted out from the agency also, I believe a lot of revelations will be coming out from other marginalized and honest officers in the so called anti-corruption agency.” Sani added.

Recall that following a memo by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF),  Mr. Abubakar Malami in which Magu was accused of grave misconduct, the anti-graft chairman was arrested and detained on Monday.

He appeared before a panel led by Ayo Salami, retired president of the court of appeal, which is probing the allegations against him.

On Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari suspended him as acting chairman of the EFCC.

Recall, too that Sani is being prosecuted by the EFCC on a two-count charge bordering on bribery.

He was arrested and detained by the commission for 30 days before he was eventually arraigned and granted bail by a federal high court.

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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