An Abuja-based Constitutional Lawyer has accused the EFCC Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Mustapha Magu, of corruption in award of contracts, violation of Public Procurement Act and fueling separatist agitations in the country through tribalism in EFCC employment. The lawyer, in a letter to the Ag. EFCC Chairman, threatened to drag Magu to the Federal High Court if he fails to make public the particulars of all Nigerians employed by the Commission since 15th November, 2015 [when Magu took over]. The Lawyer, coming under the Freedom of Information Act, 2011, wants Magu to publish how much the Commission under him has received from Foreign Donors/Partners and all the contracts the Commission has awarded since Magu took over. Below is the full letter as found on the Lawyer's facebook wall:

10th July, 2017.
THE ACTING CHAIRMAN,
THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION,
NO. 5 FOMELLA STREET,
WUSE 2, ABUJA.
Dear Sir,

APPLICATIION FOR THE DETAILS OF ALL THE NIGERIANS EMPLOYED BY THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION BETWEEN THE 15th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2015 AND 30th DAY OF JUNE, 2017, CERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF THE COMMISSION’S BANK STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT AND CERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF ALL THE CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE COMMISSION [ALL COVERING THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE 15th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2015 AND THE 30th DAY OF JUNE, 2017] BROUGHT UNDER SECTIONS 1, 2, 3, 4 & 7 OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, 2011.
The above subject-matter refers.
1. I write you as a citizen of Nigeria and equally as a Legal Practitioner duly called to the Nigerian Bar.
2. Recall that ever since you took over the mantle of leadership as the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [the Commission or EFCC for short], the Commission has had cause to employ Nigerians into the Commission. The employment carried out by the Commission [as supervised by you] is said to have been skewed against a segment of the Nigerian nation in a manner that has further fuelled separatist agitations in some parts of the country. The skewed employment underlies the failure of the employment exercise to satisfy the dictates of federal character as most eloquently enshrined in our Constitution.
3. Further recall that since your assumption as the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, the Commission has had cause to make procurement s for its use. Rumours making the round has it that not all such procurement complied with the mandatory provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007 which is an extant law firmly binding on the Commission you currently head. The alleged mindless violations of the Public Procurement Act by the Commission has raised the question of burgeoning corruption and challenges the integrity of the Commission which should not be.
4. It is equally a fact that since you took over the Leadership of the Commission as its Acting Chairman, there has been influx of humongous funds from multiple foreign partners and donors running into millions of dollars for the advancement of the work of the Commission for which Nigerians [the people on whose behalf the anti-corruption war is being fought] are yet to be accounted to as transparency dictates.
5. It is to effectively measure up to circumstances such as the ones highlighted above, that the wisdom of the law dictated the enactment of the Freedom of Information Act in 2011 [hereafter called FOI Act, 2011] to essentially make public records and information more freely available, provide for public access to public records and information to the extent consistent with the public interest and to establish procedure for the achievement of these purposes and for related matters.
6. Sir, the turn of events in the most recent times has put it beyond any shadow of doubt that the FOI Act, 2011 represents the only safe passage through which the bewildered citizens and confounded stakeholders can arrive at the temple of the truth in resolving the puzzles surrounding the Trinitarian allegations of extra-budgetary spending, debilitating tribalism and abuse of contract-awarding processes as recognised by the Public Procurement Act, 2007 against the Commission.
7. Flowing from the foregoing and as a concerned Nigerian citizen, I hereby invoke my well-established rights under sections 1 and 3 of the FOI Act, 2011to REQUEST you to PUBLISH or cause to be published the under-listed documents/information/records;
8. (a) The complete details [showing their academic qualifications and states of origin] of the employees of the Commission employed between the 15th day of November, 2015 and 30th June, 2017.
9. (b) A Certified True Copy of the Bank statement of account of all the Bank Accounts being maintained by the Commission [into which foreign donors and partners have made remittances] in all the commercial banks covering the period between 15th day of November, 2015 and 30th June, 2017.
10. (c ) A copy of all the contracts awarded by the Commission between the 15th day of November, 2015 to the 30th day of June, 2017.
11. For the avoidance of doubt, you are to note that section 2(4) of the FOI Act, 2011 imposes a legal obligation on you to ensure that the information being sought is widely disseminated and made readily available to members of the public through various means including print, electronic and online sources and at all the offices of the Commission across the Federation.
12. Further to the above, you are reminded that section 4(a) FOI Act, 2011 makes it mandatory for you to make the information available to me within seven (7) days after this application is received by you. I undertake to pay the requisite fees.
13. TAKE NOTICE that if you fail, neglect and or refuse to grant the application herein contained within the time-frame allotted by the FOI Act, 2011, I shall have no further recourse to you than to activate the combined provisions of section 1(3) and 2(6) of the FOI Act, 2011.
14. It is my most sincere belief and humble expectation that you will see good reasons to follow the laws of the land especially on these now vexed Trinitarian issues of public concern; that way, the unpleasantness and needless distractions associated with avoidable litigations will have been prudently and wisely sidestepped.
Please, Sir, do graciously accept the firm assurances of my warmest regards.

Yours faithfully,

JOHNMARY CHUKWUKASI JIDEOBI, Esq.
Cc;
1. The President, Federal Republic of Nigeria
2. The Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation
3. The President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
4. The Speaker, Federal House of Representatives
5. The Federal Character Commission
6. The Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises
7. The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria
8. All the Commercial Banks in Nigeria
9. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption
10. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Character
11. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Public Accounts

Source: https://web.facebook.com/jideobi.johnmary1/posts/1505088176216234