EFCC: ‘Justice Hasn’t Been Served’, Magu’s Lawyer Reacts On Bawa’s Appointment

Posted by Nwa Diokpa Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State Wednesday, February 17th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tosin Ojaomo, Lawyer and counsel to suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, says justice has not been served concerning the probe of Magu.

Ojaomo disclosed this when he appeared on a Channels Television programme saying that he was shocked by the recent appointment of a new EFCC chairman and the report on the probe into Magu’s activities had not yet been made known.

He recalls that Magu was suspended in July 2020 over allegations of mismanaging recovered loot during his tenure as the chairman of the anti-graft agency.

However, earlier on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari had directed the senate to confirm Abdulrasheed Bawa as the substantive chairman of the agency.

Reacting, Ojaomo stated that he expected the presidency to end all matters concerning the probe of his client before further action.

He said: “Sincerely, this appointment came to me as a shock. This is because what I was expecting is that there is still an unfinished assignment which was pending. I was expecting that the issue of Magu would have been sorted out before moving to another step. But unfortunately, we just got this news today that a new chairman has been nominated by the president and his name has been forwarded to the senate.

“When we talk of justice, you know what justice is all about. As the acting chairman of the commission, he was suspended for an allegation which has not been proven against him, and at the end of the day, the report which everybody was expecting, to know whether the man has been found wanting or not, was not released and another appointment was made.

“Justice clearly has not been done in this matter to Magu because we’re talking of people’s integrity. Reputational damage has been done to people. It’s not just about Magu alone; there are other people that were suspended at the commission. So, the integrity of all these people is now at stake as if their matter is now forgotten.

“In this matter, justice has not been done to the Nigerian people, because everybody was expecting to know the outcome of this investigation. There was a lot of news in the media and people have now been put in suspense of the news in the media and the outcome of the investigation.”