By Gabriel Atumeyi
365Daily – The Police Service Commission (PSC), on has rejected the promotion of a former Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu.
The Commission said on Thursday, July, 8, 2021, that it was awaiting clearance from the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, as well as the Office of the Inspector General of Police.
The Commission’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, made this known in a statement titled, ‘PSC Promotes 24 CPs, 35 DCPs, 52 ACPs, 50 CSPs, Drops Ibrahim Magu’.
According to Ani, the decisions were the highpoints of the Commission’s 12th Plenary Meeting held on Tuesday and Wednesday, which was presided over by the Commission’s Chairman, Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector General of Police.
“The Commission declined the promotion of CP Magu pending clearance from the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and the Office of the Inspector General of Police,” the statement partly read.
Recall that rumours were rife few days ago that President Muhammadu was planning to promote embattled former boss of the anti-graft agency.
Magu, who served as acting chairman of the EFCC from 2015 to 2020, was rejected twice by the Senate.
He was later suspended along with several others for allegedly mismanaging funds of the commission, an allegation which he vehemently denied.
The former EFCC boss was probed for over three months by a judicial panel of inquiry led by a former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami.
The panel made several recommendations but the report has not been made public to date.
President Muhammadu Buhari had, in February 2021, named 40-year-old Abdulrasheed Bawa as the new EFCC chairman to replace Magu.