{"id":94340,"date":"2022-04-26T16:50:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T15:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=94340"},"modified":"2022-04-27T05:02:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T04:02:08","slug":"despite-imminent-retirement-magu-intensifies-lobby-for-promotion-service-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/despite-imminent-retirement-magu-intensifies-lobby-for-promotion-service-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite Imminent Retirement, Magu Intensifies Lobby For Promotion, Service Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m_-7707415148246880280yMail_cursorElementTracker_1650986303657\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">With his retirement imminent on May 5th, 2022, the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has intensified push for Service Extension, Pointblanknews.com authoritatively gathered.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAlso, the former anti-corruption Czar is also ambitiously lobbying to be promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) at least, before he exits the Nigeria Police Force.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAccording to insider sources, he has concluded arrangements to mobilize many commissioners within the Police Service Commission (PSC) but he seems to be meeting a roadblock in the actualization of his ambitious plans.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nIt was further gathered by irrefutable sources the PSC had considered that Magu be demoted considering the allegations that eased him out of the EFCC, a situation that the Police high command found embarrassing.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHowever, the Chairman of the PSC and a former Inspector General of Police, Musiliu Smith is said to have resisted the suggestion of Magu\u2019s demotion and even struck the idea out.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">A presidency source also confirmed\u00a0 to Pointblanknews.com that Magu has been\u00a0lobbying the presidency on the need to extend his service year, a move President Muhammadu Buhari is said to be considering.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This has however not gone down well with some members of the commission as a member, Haj. Najatu Mohammed is insisting that he proceeds on the retirement in May.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nMagu Ibrahim Mustafa, a Commissioner of Police (CP) was enlisted into the Police Force on\u00a0 March 03, 1990 and is due for retirement on May 5th, 2022. 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