Abuja (Sundiata Post) –There are clear indications that all is not well in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as the staff of the commission complain of marginalization by the acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu.The Acting Chairman is accused of hiring corrupt police officers and granting them double promotion so as to place them above the core staff in the commission.
According to 247ureport.com, the Ibrahim Magu led EFCC appears determined on having the police operatives as the chief operators of the anti-graft agency in order to enable the acting chairman operate the Commission as he deems fit.
According t 247ureports.com source, the core managerial staff of the EFCC have been sidelined by the Ibrahim Magu led EFCC for reasons that border on intimidation and insecurity. “He is afraid and intimidated by the core managerial staff of the Commission. He prefers working with Police officers on secondment”.
Recently, police officers who just got promoted last week from a lower to higher rank was placed over the Core EFCC staff as the leader. Reacting, the EFCC Core staff refused and said it was wrong based on law enforcement rules.
The young police officer took the reaction of the EFCC core staff to the Head of Operations at the State Office. The Head of Operations, who happens to be a police officer, notified Ibrahim Magu of the protest by the EFCC Core staff. Ibrahim Magu acted to immediately transfer all the Core Staff in the team to other State Offices. Their transfers were affected last week.
While importing fellow corrupt police officers into the anti-graft agency, Ibrahim Magu had also stagnated the promotion of EFCC Core staff, “so he could continue to place newly promoted police officers over them”. According to our source, “double promotions for different sets of EFCC Core Staff had been stalled, since Ibrahim Magu assumed office”.
Ibrahim Magu suffocation of the EFCC Core staff has in turn fueled internal turmoil within the EFCC between the core staff and the police officers – “thereby frustrating the EFCC core staff into resigning their employment, since they do not have the ears of President Muhammadu Buhari who has feigned ignorance of the plight of the staff members”(247.ureports.com).