{"id":43567,"date":"2015-11-09T19:05:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T18:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=43567"},"modified":"2015-11-09T19:05:02","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T18:05:02","slug":"buhari-sacks-efcc-chair-lamorde-replaces-him-with-magu-to-reopen-cold-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/buhari-sacks-efcc-chair-lamorde-replaces-him-with-magu-to-reopen-cold-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari Sacks EFCC Chair, Lamorde, Replaces Him With Magu, To Reopen Cold Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"adn ads\">\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div id=\":nb\" class=\"ii gt m150ed4c6b7f546d3 adP adO\">\n<div id=\":na\" class=\"a3s\">\n<p>Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim<br \/>\nLamorde, has been fired. He has been swiftly replaced by Ibrahim Magu, a<br \/>\ntop level official of the Economic and Governance Unit of the EFCC.<\/p>\n<p>Magu had investigated high profile politicians such as Senate President<br \/>\nBukola Saraki, James Ibori, Lucky Igbinedion but was allegedly victimized<br \/>\nfor exposing some politicians considered &#8220;untouchable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The new EFCC Chairman is expected to reopen cases that have gathered dust<br \/>\nwith the EFCC and reposition the agency.<\/p>\n<p>Magu, until his appointment is a member of the procurement of hardware and<br \/>\nmunitions in the Armed Forces from 2007 till now<\/p>\n<p>Lamorde, has been the EFCC chair since 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Magu is remembered as a no-nonsense investigator of the commission at its<br \/>\ninception.<\/p>\n<p>He was removed along with several other key officials by Farida Waziri<br \/>\nwhen she became chairman in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>last night arrested a former official of the Commission, Chief<br \/>\nSuperintendent of Police Ibrahim Magu.<\/p>\n<p>Magu was allegedly removed because he spearheaded the investigation that<br \/>\nnailed some former governors in the country during the former Presidents<br \/>\nOlusegun Obasanjo and Musa Yar&#8217;Adua Governments.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, on August 5 2008, Ibrahim Magu was arrested in connection<br \/>\nwith documents in his possession believed to be related to the EFCC&#8217;s<br \/>\ninvestigations into corruption at various levels of government.<\/p>\n<p>Notable among those Magu investigated were current Senate President,<br \/>\nBukola Saraki, James Ibori and Lucky Igbinedion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hi\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ajx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gA gt acV\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, has been fired. 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