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The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, on Tuesday evaded questions on the recent calls for the probe of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, for purchasing properties worth $1.5m in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

Magu was departing the Rockview Classic Hotel, in Abuja, venue of a one-day workshop on ‘Anti-corruption, ethics of the legal profession and justice sector,’ when some journalists approached him for an interview.
The event was co-organised by the Nigerian Bar Association and the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption.


Magu had adjusted himself to take questions from the journalists but as soon as the first question bordering on Buratai was asked, he sharply turned back and jumped into his waiting car.
Incidentally, while speaking earlier at the event, Magu had lamented various corrupt acts including a situation where a civil servant paid as much as over N800m as legal fee to lawyer.
Magu queried how a civil servant could have legitimately earned as much as N800m to pay a lawyer.
This came few days after some prominent legal practitioners, including Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), had urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sack Buratai, if the Army chief failed to voluntarily resign following the revelation that he purchased the Dubai properties.
Magu had while speaking at the event had said his commission would start going after lawyers who aid their clients in laundering money.
He said the commission would not spare anybody, including Senior Advocates of Nigeria, who were found to have helped others to buy properties with stolen funds.
Other speakers at the event included the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami; and the Chairman, PACAC, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN).
Magu said, “I don’t want to mention some of our strategies, but we will start going after people now. If you are involved in laundering money, we will go after you it doesn’t matter who you are because the law does not respect anybody – whether you are the EFCC chairman, whether you are SAN.
“Sooner or later we will look at how people assist people to buy properties with stolen funds, how people assist others to escape justice and we will go after them.
“But for now, I want to say, please, join us in the fight against corruption to save this country so that our children and grandchildren will have a greater Nigeria.”
He said the issue of human rights needed to be de-emphasised in the ongoing war against corruption, as he urged lawyers to ply their trade while placing the interest of the nation above any other consideration.
Represented by a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, the CJN said some recent events had called for self-assessment by players in the legal circles and justice system.
The CJN said, “Indeed, recent events within the profession have no doubt thrown up questions bordering on the ethical content of our profession and justice system, as well as its readiness to properly fight against corrupt practice.


“If charity, as they say begins at home, self appraisal must by necessity, start there too.
“This event calls for honest discourse and impartial considerations on a wide range of issues- legislative, fiscal, institutional and more importantly ethical, as affect the conduct of our Justice system.”

Source: http://www.insidesafari.com/2016/07/efcc-chair-magu-evades-questions-on.html

Burutai has slapped him with some fresh dollar notes.. Now watch how this case would die down.

Grabs pop corn , where my 3d glasses dey sef?, this movie go make sense die

Dear actor magu, u can fight corruption without de-emphasizing human rights except u want to tell us niger has become a zoo

Reporter asking stupid kweshon

blackpanda:
Reporter asking stupid kweshon

What makes it a stupid question, if it a question for dieziani, he wil open his wide mouth to spree rubblish

What did you expect?

There is something Nigerians seem not to understand; These people are all rogues.

Buratai(Which government security operative buys two houses worth billions of naira in a foreign country? His salaries from the day he joined the army to this date is not up to that amount.)

Amechi (Which governor auctions state owned properties withiut accounting for it?)

Oshiomole (Let's see what he as been doing with Edo State money for the past 7 years. Apart from importing a foreign woman, what else has he done?)

Fashola (Who digs a borehole with or builds a static non functional website with over 70 million naira.)

Fayemi (Who buys one bed for 50, million naira, Is Jesus going to sleep the reason?)

Rochas ( I need to know which shop sells a Christmas tree for 600 million or mounts a billed board with state funds showing them that he had a handshake with Prophet Muhammed or Jesus)

They are all thieves one way or the order, even the one who claimed he has no money to buy presidential form but his wife donates 130 million the following day.

Unfortunately for Magu and the Justice system, these thieves are in this current administration. Nobody is going to probe them unless Buhari says so.
They can only be probed when they are out of this administration.


On that note, I urge you to ignore these thieves for now, just like I do. On one good day, sometime after their services are no longer required, someone is definitely going to remember them again.

malele:
What makes it a stupid question, if it a question for dieziani, he wil open his wide mouth to spree rubblish

Lol

Where r all the buhari supporters? They have suddenly gone mute!!! Lol

The idea...

Let's bring buratai down.....

Bunch of sycophants and hypocrites.
You can only decive those Nigerians who cares to listen to your hypocritical stories but not me definitely.

Pls Mr. EFCC declare your assets for Nigerians to see!!!!!!!

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blackpanda:
Reporter asking stupid kweshon

You hypocrisy & that of APC stinks greatly.Any corruption case affecting your lots are treated or to be treated with kid gloves? Don't worry this government have set a dangerous precedence that will forever hunt it in time to come.It's APC today it'll be another group sometime someday.

princoo:
Where r all the buhari supporters? They have suddenly gone mute!!! Lol

Of course they will be no where to be found as far as anything that affects APC is concerned.Recall most of them especially the Nairaland APC's chief zombie resident-Mr.cum Mrs.NgeneUkwenu have now disappeared or "Changed" monika? Karma still remains a bitch.

Paperwhite:
You hypocrisy & that of APC stinks greatly.Any corruption case affecting your lots are treated or to be treated with kid gloves? Don't worry this government have set a dangerous precedence that will forever hunt it in time to come.It's APC today it'll be another group sometime someday.

Lol. Boo-hoo! Cry me a river

Magu must also like that song "speechless" by michael jackson!



How I wish the cars battery died! The guy for hear am!