Former Senator who represented the Kogi West Senatorial
District in the 8th National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye has asked the
Federal Government to publish a report from the investigation on the former
acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim
Magu.
Recall that the EFCC boss was arrested by the Department of
State Services on July 6 2020 over alleged diversion of recovered funds.
The FG subsequently instituted a Presidential Panel of
Inquiry chaired by Justice Ayo Salami to investigate the allegations of
financial misconduct against the embattled EFCC boss, Magu.
Senator Dino Melaye, in a Twitter video on Thursday demanded that the report from the investigation be made known to Nigerians.
He asked that the embattled former acting Chairman of the
commission be prosecuted if he is indicted.
He said: “It is absurd and ridiculous that the Federal
Government will suspend the former acting Chairman of the EFCC, Magu over
misconduct and financial misappropriation, the same FG set up a high power
panel to investigate the alleged crime.
“Unfortunately, till this minute, the report of that panel
is not known to Nigerians and has not been officially released to the public.
“We don’t know if Magu was indicted by that report or
vindicated by the panel.
“It is laughable that a government that claims to be
fighting corruption is in herself, emerged in corruption.
“Why will you investigate a corruption fighter and we cannot
be told what is contained in the report?
“Nigerians deserve to be told the outcome of that
investigation.
On behalf of Nigerians, I make a demand that the report of
the panel be made public, if he is indicted, he should be prosecuted.
“However, if he was vindicated, the FG should apologize to him.
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