Magu k#lled high-profile cases while chasing after yahoo boys — Investigation panel

The former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has been accused of k#lling high-profile cases while chasing after yahoo boys.

TheCable reports that the presidential panel that probed the EFCC, from May 2015 to May 2020 when Magu was in charge of the agency, made the accusation in its final report submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari in November 2020.

The EFCC under Magu was said to have secured 2,446 convictions from 2015 to 2020, out of which 2,115 had to do with Yahoo boys and 85 high-profile cases.

Investigating officers of the commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa (now EFCC chairman), Shehu Ala and Sambo Mayana, were said to have submitted executive briefs to Magu seeking permission to take legal steps against high-profile suspects, but the former EFCC boss would not grant the approval until the expiration of court orders.

It was gathered that the report has now been submitted to the office of the secretary to the government of the federation and a panel to produce the white paper will soon be set up.

“The commission observed that out of the 2446 convictions secured by the EFCC from 2015-2020, only 85 were for high-profile and money laundering cases, that is 3.4% of the total convictions.

Also, 2115 representing over 86% of the total convictions (2446) during the period were for suspects popularly referred to as “Yahoo-Yahoo boys” internet fr@udsters, charged for obtaining under false pretence/che@ting and related offences,” the panel said.