From James Ojo, Abuja
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned the public not to fall for the antics of those “out to create doubt” regarding the integrity of its acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu.
The EFCC has urged the Presidency to investigate the allegation.
Reacting to a report that a member of the Presidential Committee on Arms Procurement was nabbed by operatives of Department of State Services (DSS), EFCC said the report was another way of corruption fighting back.
“To all intents and purposes, this devious report is another avenue of corruption fighting back as some people have been uncomfortable with the uncompromising stance of the acting EFCC chairman in the fight against corruption,” spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren said yesterday.
According to him, the report, quoting anonymous sources, alleged that Muhammed, a member of the arms procurement committee was “fronting for some members of the committee”, including “high ranking officials in EFCC and Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) was untrue.”
Uwujaren noted that though the report fell short of naming the so-called officials that Mohammed was allegedly fronting for, “it is common knowledge that the Magu is the only member of the Arms Procurement Committee from the commission.”
He added that there was no official of the agency who was directly or remotely connected with the work of the committee and have any dealings which border on fraud with Mohammed or any other member of the committee.
EFCC challenged anybody with contrary information to come forward with the evidence while calling on the Presidency to cause an investigation into the allegation.