Names Of All Tenants Of Osborne Towers Revealed [Full List]

SaharaReporters has obtained the full list of occupants of a swanky apartment building in Lagos where operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) found close to $50million last week.
The building, located at 16 Osborne Road in Ikoyi, has nine floors of 19 Apartments and two penthouses. It is owned by a former Peoples Democratic Party chairman, Ahmed Muazu, who retained for himself the penthouses, 10A and B; as well as Apartments 11A and 11B.

According to the apartment ownership list obtained by SaharaReporters, below are names of occupants:

1A – Fola Adeola, former Guaranty Trust Bank chairman

1B - former Anambra Governor, Peter Obi and his wife

2A - Ahmed Kida

2B - Ahmed Kida but apartment occupied by Esther Ogbue (a recently retired MD of NNPC)

3A - Kayode Sonaike

3B - Sterling Assets

4A and 4B - Leo Stan Ekeh

5A - Sterling Bank

5B - Damian Dodo, SAN

6A - Mo Abudu

6B - Career Terminal and Logistics Ltd.

7A - Mr. and Mrs. Edo-Osagie (Daughter of PDP Chieftain Anthony Anenih and her husband)

7B - Chobe Ventures Limited (Controlled by Folashade Oke, wife of DG, NIA) apartment where $50m was found by EFCC)

8A - Chikki Foods

8B - Mr. Balogun

9A - Damian Dodo, SAN

9B - Alhaji Tukur

10 A & B - Ahmed Muazu

11 A & B - Ahmed Muazu.

See Fayose's Question On N13bn Found In Ikoyi Apartment

Fayose

The Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has finally reacted to the latest huge discovery of about N13bn cash at an apartment in Ikoyi.

In a statement released by his aide, Lere Olayinka, Fayose described the APC-led government as a "Government of the more you look, the less you see"

His statement reads; "Yesterday, it was made public that the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) claimed ownership of the $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23, 218,000 seized on Wednesday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from Osborne Towers, a luxury residential complex in Ikoyi, Lagos.

This, to my mind is one cover-up too many and this federal government seeming plot to protect the original owner of both the money and the apartment where it was found has further shown that the anti-corruption fight is political, selectselective and therefore a ruse.

Nigerians should recall that I have consistently maintained that the APC-led federal government was not fighting any corruption. Rather, the government is using the anti-corruption fight as a major political tool to cripple opposition and turn the country to a one party state.

Therefore, for once, the federal government should operate with the mind-set that Nigerians are no fools. They are capable of asking questions and they are already doing that.

Some of the questions being asked are:

1. Who is the owner of the apartment in which the money was found?

2. Does the apartment also belong to the NIA?

3. If the apartment belong to the NIA, when was it bought and from whom?

4. If the apartment does not belong to the NIA, from whom and when was it rented?

5. How could a whistle-blower be aware of movement of money into one out of many apartments in a building without knowing the owner of the apartment?

6. If truly the NIA was carrying out a “covert operation” as claimed, was President Muhammadu Buhari not briefed of the so-called “covert operation” when he took over power?

7. Was the National Security Adviser (NSA), whose office controls all intelligence agencies, including the EFCC and DSS not aware of the “covert operation”?

8. Was there any security presence at the vicinity of the apartment to suggest that it was being used as warehouse for over N13 billion cash belonging to the NIA?

9. Does NIA need an unprotected apartment to keep such huge sum of money purportedly meant for “covert operation”?

10. How much was released for the so-called “covert operation”, how much has been spent and to who was account rendered up to date?

As for me, the script being acted on this discovered cash is a cover-up that will mar the EFCC and the federal government. It is a movie well scripted for some alawada (comedians) but acted so badly.

It is case of a dog that has been eating other people’s children to the admiration of its owner suddenly attacking the beloved son of the owner’s friend and they are now trying to cover-up the dog owner.

It is a major test of the integrity of the APC federal government’s so-called anti-corruption fight, and the earlier the proponents of the cover-up plot come back to their normal senses and tell Nigerians who owns the apartment in which the money was found, the better for them.
In the last few weeks, we have been served with dramas of recovery of funds by the EFCC.

N49 million in cash ranging from N200 to N50 was said to have been found in Kaduna Airport and was promptly “arrested” by EFCC officials. But up till now, Nigerians have not been told the identities of those who brought the five sacks in which the cash was found into the airport despite the presence of CCTV cameras at the airport.

EFCC also fed Nigerians with tales of recovery of N448,850,000 (Four hundred and forty eight million, eight hundred and fifty thousand naira) cash from a shop at LEGICO Shopping Plaza, Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos. We were told that the shop had not been opened for two years and one wonders how the cash got into the shop.

Up till today, EFCC is yet to tell Nigerians the identity of the owner of the shop and Nigerians are asking whether or not the Legico Shopping Plaza, Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos is not owned by anyone and the owner of the Plaza won't be able to identify his or her tenant.
As for this latest drama, which has boomeranged, even though we know that the APC-led federal government has the capacity to sweep it under the carpet like many others before it, Nigerians will have it on record that they are being ruled by a government of “the more you look, the less you see.”

Ayo Fayose (Osokomole)
Governor, Ekiti State

Tomato Seller Claims Owner Of N250m Found At Balogun Market

AS controversies rock the nation over the discovery of a staggering N15 billion in an Ikoyi, Lagos apartment, a man has reportedly shown up at the Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) claiming ownership of the N250 million found at the Balogun Market, Lagos, on Monday.

An EFCC source who did not want to be named informed Saturday Tribune that “a man came on Wednesday claiming the money belonged to him and that it was the proceeds of his trade in tomatoes.”

“We asked him what business fetched him the money, the man said he deals in bringing tomatoes from the North to sell in Lagos. We asked him why he did not put the money in bank, he said he does not use banks. Meanwhile the money is in bales with bank wrappers bearing stamps dated as recent as 6th April, 2017.

“The man was arrested, his statement taken but has been given an administrative bail as investigations continue,” the EFCC source told Saturday Tribune while adding that the money had been deposited with the Central Bank.

As of press time, EFCC spokesperson in Lagos, Sammin Amadin, was yet to respond to an inquiry on the matter.

N15 billion: EFCC, NIA face off

Meanwhile, the anti-graft agency is intensifying investigations into the source and ownership of the $43.5m, £27,000 and N23m (about N15 billion) found in Osborne Towers in Lagos on Wednesday. It was learnt that searchlights are being beamed on the ownership of the company managing the building.

An EFCC source, who confirmed this, added that a search of the ownership of the company “may show some interesting links with Flat 7b where the money was found.” He did not elaborate on this.

The source, however, confirmed that someone who claimed to be “a diplomat” and an operative of a sister security agency, the NIA surfaced at the apartment while the operation was on on Wednesday and was arrested.

“The man was arrested and made to sit in the sitting room of the flat till the operation was concluded. He protested that he was a diplomat working with the NIA but since we had no order to defer to him, we held and interrogated him. I cannot tell what the position is now about him,” the source added.

The whole money, he disclosed, was moved to the CBN on Thursday.

Director General of the NIA, Mr Ayodele Oke, did not pick calls put through to his mobile telephone line by Saturday Tribune on Friday evening.

An online newspaper, Premium Times, reported, however, on Friday that the NIA boss confirmed to it that the money belonged to his agency but declined further comments on what it was meant for.



Banks jittery as large deposits dry up

A senior banker told Saturday Tribune that deep suspicion is causing deep division between the senior and lower cadres in the sector, regarding those suspected to be blowing the whistle on suspicious accounts, withdrawals and movements of cash, which the anti-graft agencies are reportedly after.

The agencies, particularly the EFCC, have been raking in suspicious cash hauls all over the country with billions in major currencies allegedly recovered.

The recovery attention has suddenly shifted to Lagos with different huge cash amounts allegedly abandoned in different areas of the state being displayed by the EFCC as recoveries yet to be claimed by any owners.

The latest recovery totalling about N15 billion on Wednesday at an apartment in Ikoyi, has introduced a new dimension into the recovery efforts, with National Intelligence agency reportedly claiming it as operational fund.

The public display of the cash, including the bale-load of newly-minted dollars still bearing the logo of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), the agency statutorily empowered to print US currency notes, is reportedly generating ripples in government circle, as the other security agency continued to kick against EFCC’s perceived indiscretion.

While the security agencies battle each other out over the latest discovery, banks are also said to be quietly sorting out their future without being seen to be impeding the anti-corruption project, particularly in the area of whiste-blowing.

The current raid on the accounts of “highly-valued” customers is said to be giving banks nightmare about their future with the most-treasured “fat-accounts” said not to be coming in again.

Prized depositors and customers are also said to be developing cold feet in doing “huge business with us again. I’m sure you know huge businesses usually come with small small problems”.

While senior officials of banks are always the ones being seen in the public to be cooperating with the investigating anti-graft agencies, it was learnt that the real face of whistle-blowing in the sector, are the junior staff, who have access to “our major banking operations involving major clients”.

Saturday Tribune was told that while strong evidence had connected the junior staff as “the moles”, there is a belief that those involved are doing it mainly for the pecuniary.

“It is all about the commission attached to blowing the whistle on suspicious accounts. They (junior staff) are not doing it because they are anti-corruption agents. It is all about making quick cash and possibly move on, before they are caught. But I can tell you they are mortgaging their future, because all these things (anti-corruption war) would end one day and once they are known as moles, who will engage them going forward. There is nothing that would be hidden forever” a top source said.

There is also the possibility of many junior staffers coming under the sack hammer soon.

Saturday Tribune was told that those suspected are being monitored and may be moved against at the appropriate time.

The cash-trail exercise which is said to have reduced huge deposits drastically, according to a banker-analyst, would soon make the junior staff redundant, because majority of them, is hired to facilitate the coming-in, of such huge deposit.

“Many of them (junior staff) will have to be relieved of their duties. One, objectively speaking, it would be unkind to expect them to start bringing the usual billions in at a time like this. This is an unusual banking season in Nigeria when you have to explain what you have even when no one has accused you of stealing or being in possession of any missing money. Two, the junior staff are mainly the information-source, drying up huge deposits or transactions. So, in the long run, they will have to pay for the emergency millions they make speaking about their customers to government. Anyway, we have heard many of them (junior staff) say that there would be no problem getting their retirement benefit from government early in their lives, through the whistle-blowing commission” the source explained.

A junior staff simply told Saturday Tribune she was already searching for a new job, saying “everything is so much stress”, without divulging much information about what is happening inside her bank.

Saturday Tribune learnt that deliberate efforts are also going on in banks to ensure that “major operations” are shielded from the prying eyes of “those who think they have no future in the system among the staff”.

Months back, Saturday Tribune learnt that about 238 accounts with “curious” lodgements and transactions were being investigated by security agencies.

Though many of the accounts, with huge balance, were said to be under corporate shield, they were suspected to be owned by individuals using their friends in corporate world to hide what is thought to be slush funds.

One of such accounts was under the trade name of a major player in a thriving sector, with a balance in the region of units of billions.

A particular investigative agency moved in for the account, after realising that the balance was not touched for any operational expenditure for years, despite the company obviously needing cash after running foul of a regulatory agency directive.

An order of the court was procured to confiscate the balance.

A big politician friend of the company’s director is suspected to be the owner.

The “curious” accounts are suspected to be housing illegally-made money which could not be kept in a personal account, without raising suspicion, considering that a formal report must be made by banks to anti-corruption agencies when huge deposits come in.

As more Nigerians embrace the whistle-blowing policy, domestic staff and disgruntled employees are said to be leading information providers to anti-corruption agencies.

A more organised whistle-blowing network is also reportedly being put in place, particularly by those with security background, collaborating with unemployed youth who in turn tap into the domestic staff and employee of their targets to monitor movements and file reports.

Private security agencies are also said to be recruiting unemployed youth, with a focus to deploy them as whistle-blowers.

The EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, wasn’t also available for comments on the issue of another security agency laying claim to the N15 billion and other issues concerning the whistle-blowing policy.

He neither picked his call nor replied to an SMS sent to his mobile

Source: Nigerian Tribune

Secret Details Of The Uncovered Loot In Ikoyi Apartment

The over N13billion recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from an Ikoyi apartment in Lagos was a discreet allocation released to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) for major but covert security projects.

The total value of the cash at Central Bank of Nigeria official exchange rate is over N13 billion.

What are the secret details? Inside sources revealed that,

former President Goodlefcuck Jonathan approved the funds for the 30-year old secret service agency after its immediate past Director General, Olaniyi Oladeji, alerted him to the need for some “crucial and covert security projects”.

The funds were later released in cash directly from the Central Bank of Nigeria as a way of making its spending completely secret.

“The projects are scattered across the country, but there is a major one in Lagos being funded with the cash warehoused in the Ikoyi building,” one source told PT. “The spending on the projects cannot be subjected to the usual expenditure process, and that is why the funds are held in cash. If you like, you can call it illegal projects in the national interest.”

Our sources said only relevant top government officials and of the NIA are aware of the projects.
One official said when the incumbent Director General of the NIA, Ayodele Oke, was alerted that EFCC operatives had swooped on the apartment, being discreetly guarded by covert operatives, he rushed to the anti-graft agency’s headquarters in Abuja to advise its chairman, Ibrahim Magu, to withdraw his men as the funds belonged to government.

At the time, about 13 police officers and some soldiers, accompanied by photographers and videographers, had broken into the apartment, and were already dismantling the safes in which the funds were concealed, our sources said.

Mr. Magu however declined Mr. Oke’s request and directed his men to proceed with the operation as he had no security information backing the claim.

A frustrated Mr. Oke was said to have rushed to National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to complain, and the huge embarrassment he had caused his otherwise extremely quiet and secretive agency.

Presidency sources said Mr Oke met President Buhari in company of Attorney General Abubakar Malami to table the same complaints.

Those who saw the NIA DG before he was called in to see the president said he had two bulky envelopes believed to contain paper and audio-visual records of the security projects.

Officials said President Buhari has since directed Mr. Magu to forward to him detailed report on the operation. The EFCC boss was also directed to immediately deposit the funds with the CBN.

On his part, Mr. Oke was asked to document his complaints and then reapply for the seized funds.

A top presidency source said the President might ask Attorney General Malami to review reports submitted by the two officials, and then forward appropriate recommendations.

When contacted Friday, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said, “It’s a security issue, and not strictly a presidency issue.”

He directed further enquiries on the matter to the security agencies involved.

Mr Oke of NIA confirmed to PT that the cash belongs to his agency but declined further comments when asked what the funds were meant for.

“You don’t expect me to tell you that,” he said.

EFCC Uncovers Huge Money In Ikoyi, Lagos (Photos)

The whistle blowing policy of the Federal Government is paying off positively as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today stormed a residential building in the 7th Floor of a four - bedroom apartment at Osborne Towers located at 16, Osborne road Ikoyi, Lagos, where a humongous find of foreign currencies and Naira notes to the tune of $43.4m, £27,800 and N23.2m was uncovered.

The operation followed a whistle blower's confidential alert received by the Commission's Lagos office this morning regarding some noticed suspicious movement of bags in and out of a particular apartment in the building. According to the source, the movers of the bags, make believe that they bring in bags of clothes.

Another source who is conversant with the apartment of interest indicated that some woman usually appeared on different occassion with Ghana Must Go bags. " She comes looking haggard, with dirty clothes but her skin didn't quite match her outward appearance, perhaps a disguise", the source said.

On getting to the building, operatives met the entrance door locked. Inquiries from the guards at the gate explained that nobody resides in the apartment, but some persons come in and out once in a while. In compliance with the magisterial order contained in the warrant, the EFCC used minimum force to gain entrance into the apartment.


Monies were found in two of the four bedroom apartment. Further probe of the wardrobe by operatives in one of the rooms, was found to be warehousing three fire proof cabinents disguisedly hidden behind wooden panels of the wardrobe. Upon assessing the content of the cabinets, neatly arranged US Dollars, Pound Sterling and some Naira notes in sealed wrappers.

Preliminary findings indicate that the funds are suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activity.
The facility is said to be owned by Osborne Towers Resident Association.
Investigations are ongoing.

EFCC Uncovers Four Billion Naira Through Whistle-blower

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says a tip-off by a whistle-blower on Tuesday, led to another discovery of a huge sum of four billion Naira suspected to be proceeds of crime.

According to a statement by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, investigations as to the owner of the funds revealed that the money belongs to a former deputy governorship candidate in Niger State, whose the name was not disclosed.

“The suspect uses the names of two companies – Katah Property & Investment Limited and Sadiq Air Travel Agency – in laundering the funds.

“Each of the company has two billion Naira fixed in its deposit account domiciled in Guaranty Trust Bank.

“The suspected owner of the account and the account officer are currently on the run,” the statement said.

EFCC Recovers N250 Million From Balogun Market In Lagos (Photos)

Another huge money has been found in a Lagos market few days after the Economic and Financial Crime commission (EFCC) recovered over 449m in Lagos Plaza. Report has it that a whistle-blower discovered a sum of N250m and blow out the whistle to the EFCC officials

The recovery followed information that about N250 million cash was being moved somewhere in the market for conversion into foreign currency.

Operatives responded timely to the scene, met the money in the BDC office, but a large chunk of it had been converted into Euro and Pounds sterling.

The BDC operators found in possession of the monies claimed they were acting on behalf of their boss who sent the money to them from one of the Northern states in Nigeria.

The converted monies were €547,730 and £21,090 as well as N5,648,500 which was to be converted, but for the coming of EFCC operatives.

Two persons were apprehended, and they are helping the commission in its investigation.

Yahoo Boy Bags 6 Year Imprisonment Over N7.8m Love Scam (Photo)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday , March 17, 2017, secured the conviction and sentencing of an Internet fraudster, Akintunde Vincent Abiodun, a.k.a. Christopher Williams, before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja.

The 37-year-old convict was arraigned on January 23, 2017 on an amended 12-count charge of stealing and forgery to the tune of N7, 806, 093.00(Seven Million, Eight Hundred and Six Thousand, and Ninety Three Naira).


Abiodun’s long walk to jail began after he presented himself as Christopher Williams to his victim, Dona Bonni, whom he met on a dating site on the Internet.
The convict, as part of his tricks, had told to Bonni that he inherited gemstones worth $18, 050,000((Eighteen Million and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) from his late father in the United Kingdom.

He also forged an American passport with which he convinced his victim of his purported nationality.
Consequently, the convict dishonestly received various sums of money, at different times, from his victim.


When he was arraigned, he pleaded not guilty to the charges when they were read to him, thereby setting the stage for his trial.
The prosecution counsel, Ola Sesan, tendered several documents that were admitted in evidence and presented witnesses who testified against the accused.
In view of this, the convict later filed an application for plea bargaining before the court.
Delivering his judgment today, Justice Ipaye, however, sentenced the accused to six years imprisonment.

The convict was found guilty and jailed three years each on counts 1 to 11 of stealing. The convict was also found guilty and jailed three years each on count 12 of forgery. The sentences are to run separately from the date of arraignment.

Full Text Of DSS Report Which Result To Magu's Rejection As EFCC Chairman

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday rejected the nomination of Ibrahim Magu, acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC based on a report by the Department of State Security Services. 

See text of the DSS report that condemned Magu:

RE: NOMINATION OF MR IBRAHIM MAGU MUSTAPHA AS EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC) SECURITY REPORT OF THE NOMINEE

Your letter NASS/CS /SA/01/17/ 08 /02 dated 7th March 2017 requesting for security report on the above named nominee refers

The security report being requested for on Ibrahim Magu MUSTAPHA the nominee or the Executive Chairmanship position of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has already been submitted to the Senate via this Services’ letter No. SV.114/ 2 of 3rd October 2016
containing fourteen (14) paragraphs.

Please accept once again the assurances of the esteemed regards of the DGSS.

F. O. ADAMS
For: DIRECTOR-GENERAL, SS

August 2008, following a search at his residence during the tenure of Farida WAZIRI (AIG/Rtd) as the commission’s chairman, some sensitive EFCC documents which were not supposed to be at his disposal were discovered. He was subsequently redeployed to the police after days of detention and later suspended from the Force. In December 2010, the Police Service Commission found Magu guilty of “Action prejudicial to state security, withholding of EFCC files, sabotage, unauthorised removal of EFCC files and acts unbecoming of a Police officer,” and awarded him severe reprimand as punishment.

“4. Notwithstanding, sequel to the appointment of Ibrahim Lamorde as Chairman of the EFCC in 2011, he made the return of Magu to the EFCC a top priority. Both men had worked together at the commission when Lamorde served as Head of Operations of the agency. Magu remained a top official of the commission until he was appointed to succeed Lamorde.

“5. Magu is currently occupying a residence rented for N40m, at N20m per annum. This accommodation was not paid for from the commission’s finances but by one Umar Mohammed (Air Commodore/Rtd), a questionable businessman and ally of subject who has subsequently been arrested by this service. For the furnishing of the residence, Mohammed enlisted the Federal Capital Development Authority to award a contract to Africa Energy, a company owned by the same Mohammed to lavishly furnish the residence at the cost of N43m.

“6. Investigations show that the Acting EFCC Chairman regularly embarks on official and private trips through a private carrier, Easyjet, owned by Mohammed. In one of such trips, Magu flew to Maiduguri, alongside Mohammed and the MD of Fidelity Bank, Nnamdi Okonkwo, who was being investigated by the commission over complicity in funds allegedly stolen by the immediate past Petroleum Minister, DiezaniAlison-Madueke.

“7. Furthermore, the EFCC boss has so far maintained a high profile lifestyle. This is exemplified by his preference for First Class air travels. On 24th June, 2016, he flew Emirate Airlines’ First Class to Saudi Arabia to perform the Lesser Hajj at the cost of N2,990,196. This is in spite of Mr. President’s directive to all public servants to fly Economy Class.

“8. Investigation also revealed that Magu parades a twin personality. At one level, he is the czar who has no friends, no favourites and is ready to fight corruption to a standstill. However, with a key friend in the person of Umar Mohammed (Air Commodore/Rtd), a controversial businessman, he has betrayed the confidence reposed in him by the present administration. Whereas Magu portrays himself as very secretive, he has fostered a mutually beneficial relationship with Mohammed who, by his confession, approaches ‘clients’ for possible exploitation, favours and associated returns. This was facilitated with official secrets divulged by Magu and from which dealings he is believed to have been drawing considerable benefits.

“9. This was evidenced by the number of official and classified documents he made available to his associates, especially Mohammed. After a search of Mohammed’s premises, a forged letter of the Office of the Vice President, dated 20th May, 2016, was recovered. The letter was a fictitious investigation report from Vice President to Mr. President, requesting for approval to commence further probe into a matter allegedly involving Hon. Minister of State Petroleum. Attached to the letter were two EFCC letters dated 13th April, 2016, and another 24th March, 2016, addressed to the Vice President being investigation reports on the activities of Emmanuel Kachikwu and his brother Dumebi Kachikwu. Similarly recovered during the search were information on assets and personal details of Kachikwu.

10. Also, following the arrest of three former Airforce chiefs by EFCC, namely, Alex Badeh, Umar and Amosu from whom huge sums of money and property were recovered, Umar and Alex Badeh were arraigned in court. It was only after the arrest of Mohammed by this service that the EFCC hurriedly arraigned Amosu. Mohammed later confessed that he never wanted Amosu tried, describing him as his former boss and he saw in MAGU, a willing accomplice.

“11. Furthermore, findings revealed that in a bid to settle some personal scores, subject placed one Stanley Inye Lawson on a Security Watch Action, while in actual fact Lawson was working in the interest of the Federal Government.

However, the action was later expunged following the discovery that Lawson was falsely accused by Magu for personal reasons.

“12. The circumstances surrounding Magu’s return to EFCC at the instance of the former chairman, Lamorde, and their close working relationship ever since is a clear indication of his culpability in the allegations of corrupt tendencies of the Lamorde led EFCC.

“13. To cover his tracks, Magu uses only his police cronies to execute operations. This, coupled with discoveries that such police cronies have acquired a lot of landed property, lends credence to the questions about his integrity.

“14. In the light of the foregoing, Magu has failed the integrity test and will eventually constitute a liability to the anti-corruption drive of the present administration.”

15. Accept the assurances of the esteemed regards of the DGSS, please. Folashade Bello

Why Dasuki Is Still In Jail, Magu Explains

Ibrahim Magu

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has given reasons why former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki is still in detention for the alleged diversion of arms deal fund to the tune of $2.1 billion.

The NSA to the immediate past administration, according to Magu, is being detained in line with the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, which gives the prosecution the powers to apply to the court for extension of detention period.

Magu revealed this during his controversial screening by the Senate today, 15th of March, 2017.

Recall that the Acting EFCC Chairman was rejected again by the Senate.

He stated, “At times in the course of interrogation, some facts do come up that would require further investigation. We don’t detain people unnecessarily.”

Magu further said that the EFCC will focus on prevention of corruption and that there was need for the understanding that “change must begin with us.”

He said the EFCC was determined to ensure an enabling environment and that the judiciary was key to the fight against corruption

Revealed: The Secrets Behind The Rejection Of Ibrahim Magu As EFCC Chairman

A journalist working with the British Broadcasting Corporation has aired her seeming disaffection with the decision of the Nigerian Senate to reject the confirmation of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu. 

After a lengthy period of screening of Mr. Ibrahim Magu by the Red Chamber, a majority of the lawmakers rejected his confirmation for a second time.

BBC journalist Stephanie Hegarty has questioned the capacity of the Senate to disqualify Magu considering the fact that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and 10 others are being investigated by the EFCC for corruption...

I Can’t Remember How Much We Have Recovered From Looters – Magu Replies Senate

Ibrahim Magu

Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on today said he can’t remember how much the agency has recovered from looters so far.

Ibrahim Magu said this during today's before the Nigerian Senate

Reacting to a question from Senators Duro Faseyi who asked, “How much funds has been recovered since you took charge of the commission?”, Magu replied: “It is difficult to give report on how much has been recovered from fight against corruption,” adding that “It is very difficult for me to say.”

Meanwhile, the Senate again refused to confirm Magu as the Chairman of the anti-graft agency.

Also, during his screening, Magu questioned the integrity of the Department of State Security, DSS.

“What does it mean if same institution can submit two different reports on one person on a single day”, he quipped after Senator Dino Melaye confronted him with a report by the DSS.

Neither Senate Nor DSS Can Stop Me Fighting Against Corruption — Ibrahim Magu

Acting EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu, has vowed to continue the fight against corruption, stressing that neither the rejection of his nomination by the Senate nor the report by the Department of State Security (DSS) that he is ‘unfit’ to head the anti-graft agency can stop him.

Magu said this when he addressed a coalition of civil society groups at the entrance to the National Assembly.

“My priority is to fight corruption. My confirmation has not changed anything. We have always been on duty I will work until the last day whether confirmation or no confirmation.

“The greatest violation against human right is crime against the society and the humanity but everybody has a duty and responsibility to fight corruption and I also has a responsibility. I assure you that we will fight to finish.

“We will never be deterred because what we are doing is trying to investigate what has gone before and protect the future of our children and our future generation. So, if we don’t work today and fight against corruption, the future is not guaranteed, the future of our children is not guaranteed.

“So, we must wake up, where ever you find yourself, fight corruption. Anytime you discover that I am corrupt, expose me.”

Source: Daily Trust

BREAKING! Senate Rejects Magu As EFCC Chairman

Acting EFCC chairman, Ibrahim Magu

The Nigerian senate on Wednesday, again rejects Mr. Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). 

Mr. Ibrahim Magu remains the acting Chairman

Ibrahim Magu’s name was first submitted before the senate by Mr. President late last year. Mr President however resubmitted Magu’s name on the 23^rd of January, 2017 after consulting with the leadership of the Senate.

The Nigerian senate on Wednesday (today) however turned down his confirmation, citing security reports as reason why it would not go ahead to confirm Magu.

While answering questions from the Senators on the allegations preferred against him by the security agencies, Magu said he was arrested and detained by the Nigerian Police for over 2 weeks, over the allegation that he was carrying official files and documents.

“I was locked longer than necessary for over 2 weeks, I was detained with armed robbers at Area 10.

“Another allegation was that, I was living in an apartment which belongs to Air Commodore Mohammed Umar.

“The truth was that, I was staying in Karu and was almost late for official assignment, so the authority got a new place for me”, Magu explained.

He gave a brief scorecard of his regime as acting Chairman of the EFCC, which includes, the $153m, $927m, £74,000 recently recovered from Andrew Yakubu and others, as well as the N49m recovered at the Kaduna Airport on Tuesday.

A mild drama however, turned out when the Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, drew the attention of the Senate to a security report submitted to the office of the Clerk on Tuesday, 14th March 2017.

Paragraph 14 of the said report reads in part: “In the forgoing, MAGU has failed the integrity test and will eventually constitute a liability to the anti graft agency”.

The letter which emanated from the office of the Department of State Security (DSS), was however faulted by Magu and some Senators.

Foreign Missions To Monitor Magu’s Screening By Senate

Ibrahim Magu

Some foreign missions and donor agencies will monitor today’s screening of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Acting Chairman Ibrahim Magu. Besides, some Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) senators have opted to support Magu’s confirmation as the fourth chairman of the anti-graft agency. The senators reportedly met yesterday.

It was also learnt that Senate President Bukola Saraki briefed the leadership of the chamber on the controversial reports of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Magu. But the details of the brief were kept under wraps as at the time of filing this report.
The embassies, The Nation learnt, directed some of their desk officers, mostly in the intelligence unit, to monitor the confirmation.
Although the notice of the screening was sudden, more than 10 foreign missions and donor agencies have put some officials on the alert to monitor the session.

A top official of one of the missions said: “We heard of the confirmation notice at short notice but we have put all steps in place to monitor the process. “We are interested in Magu’s screening because it might determine the direction of your anti-graft war.
“So far, I think we are about 10 missions and agencies that have compared notes on the screening.” Another said: “We were caught unawares but we will send a representative to the screening to watch the development.
“We want to monitor the process to gauge the mindset of the Senate and Magu.” Responding to a question, the source added: “Some intelligence organisations collaborating with EFCC are interested in the screening too.”

Following the persistent intrigues over Magu’s fate, there is anxiety among some donor agencies, anti-graft war partners and foreign missions. Most of them rate Magu highly.

Some of the donor agencies and partners that have collaborated with the EFCC include United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), US Justice Department, the DFID, FBI, the National Crime Agency( NCA), the Metropolitan Police, the Interpol, City of London police, Serious Organized Crime Agency(SOCA), UK-sponsored Justice 4 All (J4ALL) , the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Western Australia Police and some foreign missions. The UNODC project led to the treatment of more than 5000 petitions, 400 convictions and the recovery of about $6.5billion criminal proceeds.

Some of the assistance to EFCC are as follows:
•The US Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) donation of a forensic work station, titled F.R.E.D (Forensic Recovery of Evidence Device).
•The payment of forensic accountant that assisted the EFCC to uncover those accused in the fuel subsidy fraud.
•Joint tactical and operational activities like collaboration with the Interpol, City of London police, Serious Organized Crime Agency(SOCA).
•NCA collaboration with EFCC to probe the oil sector during the tenure of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison- Madueke.
•Ongoing MoU between EFCC and Western Australia Police are to combat internet fraud and money laundering.

It was learnt that some of the opposition senators claimed that they had decided to support Magu out of their belief in the anti-graft war and commitment to a new order.

Source: The Nation

EFCC Boss, Ibrahim Magu To Be Screened By Nigerian Senate Today

Ibrahim Magu

The acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, would face Nigerian Senate today as the substantive chairman of the anti-graft agency.

Senate President , Bukola Saraki stated this at plenary on Tueaday.

Saraki said:”Tomorrow (today), we have the acting chairman of EFCC, who is also appearing before us for screening and it will follow at11:30 am.”

It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had forwarded Magu’s name to the Senate on June 2016 for confirmation. He was appointed in acting capacity by President Buhari on November 9, 2015, following the sack of his predecessor, Ibrahim Lamorde.

Why We Are Prosecuting Ladoja — EFCC

Ladoja

Source: Dailypost

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said it is prosecuting a former Governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, based on a petition it received against him sometime in July 2007 from the Office of the Secretary to the Oyo State Government.

A policeman attached to the EFCC, Abdul­lahi Lawal, made the disclosure yesterday when he appeared as a prosecution witness before Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos, where Ladoja is being tried for an alleged fraud of N4.7 billion.

However, the defence counsel resisted the move by the EFCC to tender the said petition as an exhibit in evidence against Ladoja and his co-defendant, Waheed Akanbi.

Justice Idris consequently adjourned till the next sitting to rule on the admissibility of the petition.

The EFCC had first arraigned Ladoja and Akanbi in 2008 before Justice A.R. Mohammed.

But the defendants had objected to the charges against them and challenged the case over the course of seven years to the Supreme Court.

The case was, however, reopened last year December before Justice Idris after the apex court dismissed the appeal by the defendants.

The trial which was scheduled to kick off properly before Justice Idris was, however, botched on account of argument and counter-arguments on the admissibility of the first document sought to be tendered by the pros­ecution.

Counsel to the defendant, Bo­laji Onilenla, argued that the petition was not part of the proof of evidence served on the defence by the prosecution and admitting it would amount to the prosecu­tion ambushing the defence.