Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of
the police (IGP), has asked Ibrahim Magu,
suspended acting chairman of the
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), to direct his bail
application to the presidential panel.

Oluwatosin Ojaomo, Magu’s legal
representative, asked the IGP to grant bail
to his client on “self recognisance” — after
the suspended EFCC chief had spent four
days in custody.

Magu was arrested on July 6 and whisked to
the presidential villa in Abuja where he was
grilled by the panel headed by Ayo Salami,
a retired president of the appeal court.

He was later moved to Area 10 force
criminal investigation department (FCID) of
the police in Abuja where he has since been
detained.

He is being probed for alleged gross
misconduct. He was alleged to have
mishandled the recovered loot and sold
seized assets to his associates.

In a letter dated July 14, 2020, and
addressed to Ojaomo, the IGP said the
police force is not investigating and
detaining Magu, so, it cannot grant the bail
request.

The letter, signed by Idowu Owohunwa,
principal staff officer to the IGP, advised the
lawyer to redirect his request to the
chairman of the presidential panel for
appropriate attention.

“The Inspector-General of Police directs that
your attention be drawn to the fact that the
Nigeria Police Force is not investigating CP
Ibrahim Magu (your client), and he is
accordingly, not being detained by the
Police but by the Presidential Panel that is
investigating the activities of the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),”
the letter read.


“The Inspector-General of Police, therefore,
advises that you reconsider directing your
request to the Chairman of the Presidential
Panel for appropriate attention.

“I am to convey the assurances of the
warmest regards of the Inspector General
of Police, please.”

A report by the presidential panel accused
Magu of turning the EFCC into a “glorified
police station” for alleged selfish motives.

According to the report, Magu seconded
police officers to the EFCC in spite of the
massive recruitment of officers and men
carried out by the commission in recent
years.

https://www.thecable.ng/igp-rejects-magus-request-for-bail-directs-him-to-presidential-panel

Very good, he must be pressed harder to vomit our yam. He must not be granted any bail, he should rather be moved from panel to court and from court to prison and the prison key thrown into the lagoon.