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Scandal Rocks EFCC As Magu Swaps Trained Cadet With ‘special Candidates’ by Punctual(m): 9:12am On Apr 11, 2017 |
Ibrahim Magu, Chairman of the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission
The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, is facing a major integrity
test in its recruitment process as 24 cadets
who were part of the ongoing training at
the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, have
allegedly been dismissed in questionable
circumstance and their positions taken over
by others who were not part of the initial
recruitment exercise.
In a protest letter dated January 16, 2017
and addressed to the president of the
Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, the affected cadets,
through their lawyer, Olusoji Toki, said they
were unfairly dismissed after they had
passed all the necessary tests, including
medical examination.
A copy of the petition, which was exclusively
obtained by New Telegraph, has also been
sent to Ibrahim Magu, the tainted acting
chairman of the EFCC, and receipt duly
acknowledged by the anti-graft agency. In
the letter, the petitioners claimed that the
EFCC sent text messages (SMS) with similar
contents to them on June 12, 2016 inviting
them for screening against the June 23,
2016 and they attended the screening
which took place in Abuja, Port Harcourt,
Enugu and Lagos.
“Because they were successful in the
screening, EFCC invited them for aptitude
test on the 25th of June 2016 which they
did successfully. Because of their success at
the aptitude test, EFCC shortlisted them and
invited them for medical screening exercise
via SMS which they attended at the Nigeria
Air Force Base Hospital, Mando, Kaduna on
Thursday, 22nd November 2016.
“EFCC sent another message to them in
which it congratulated them because they
were successful in the medical screening
exercise of the EFCC. And they were,
therefore, invited to attend an interview at
the EFCC Zonal Office, No 4, Wurno Road, Off
Katuru Road, Badurawa, Kaduna State, on
Thursday, 27th October 2016, which they
attended.
“EFCC sent another SMS to them that they
were successful at the recently conducted
EFCC recruitment for the Diploma Cadre. EFCC
further directed them to attend the Cadet
Training at the Nigeria Defence Academy
(NDA), Old Site, Kaduna,” the petition stated.
According to the letter, the commission
equally supplied them with the details of the
things they should take along with them for
the training which they did when they
reported for the said training on December
11, 2016.
They claimed that after spending three
weeks of rigorous training in the camp, the
EFCC called 24 of them out that they have
serious medical issues such as kidney
disorder, lump in the breast, blood in urine
and high blood pressure.
The trainees were said to have protested
the sudden change in their medical fitness
report and were given the option of
undergoing another round of medical
examinations in designated government
and military hospitals.
Counsel to the affected trainees, Toki, said
that though the fresh medical reports were
favourable to his clients, the EFCC has
refused to accept them and allow them
resume their training programme.
Toki observed that given the evidence
contained in the new medical reports, it
does appear that the EFCC unjustly fabricated
the excuses in order to shove the 24
trainees aside and replace them with
“special candidates” from other states of the
federation.
He warned that his clients would have no
other option than to seek legal redress if the
EFCC continued to ignore their request for
reinstatement.
Before now, there had been allegations that
the EFCC had consistently breached the
federal character principle in its recruitment
processes, a situation that has left certain
parts of the country excluded from the
commission. Attempt to get the spokesman
of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, to react to
the petition did not yield the desired
response as he neither picked the calls nor
responded to the text message sent to his
mobile phone.
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Re: Scandal Rocks EFCC As Magu Swaps Trained Cadet With ‘special Candidates’ by optional1(f): 9:13am On Apr 11, 2017 |
Re: Scandal Rocks EFCC As Magu Swaps Trained Cadet With ‘special Candidates’ by 48noble(m): 9:19am On Apr 11, 2017 |
Magu d adulterated 1 Like |
Re: Scandal Rocks EFCC As Magu Swaps Trained Cadet With ‘special Candidates’ by yarimo(m): 10:50am On Apr 11, 2017 |
I pity anyone that believe corruption can be eliminated in nigeria, what EFCC just did is also corruption. Nigeria a funny and dubious country 1 Like |
Re: Scandal Rocks EFCC As Magu Swaps Trained Cadet With ‘special Candidates’ by comos: 10:54am On Apr 11, 2017 |
magu is also corrupt buhari shoud sack him asap 1 Like |
Re: Scandal Rocks EFCC As Magu Swaps Trained Cadet With ‘special Candidates’ by doctokwus: 11:40am On Apr 11, 2017 |
EFCC is under the Executive,under the office of SGF I think.They were allegedly wrongly dismissed and a petition wasn't sent to the supervising govt office,but directly to the Senate president,who aving failed to have Magu fired,are still looking for other childish excuses to see him fired. Magu is d best thing to happen to EFCC and Nigeria and all these searching for any insignifant malfeasance to av him fired is bound to finally crumble soon enough and I expect him to come out bolder and firing stronger. |
Re: Scandal Rocks EFCC As Magu Swaps Trained Cadet With ‘special Candidates’ by dinocy(m): 1:29pm On Apr 11, 2017 |
even the corruption fighter are corrupt, who the hell is free in Nigeria 1 Like |
Re: Scandal Rocks EFCC As Magu Swaps Trained Cadet With ‘special Candidates’ by tommysparks: 2:07pm On Apr 11, 2017 |
EFCC and and Magu are all dirty handed 1 Like |
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