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Magu may be prosecuted if indicted, Police minister declares

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Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi, the minister of police affairs, has said that a former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, can still face prosecution if indicted by the report submitted by the Justice Ayo Salami-led investigative panel.

Telescope.ng reports that the minister disclosed this on Thursday, May 19, at the weekly ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communication Team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had in July 2020 constituted the panel to probe allegations of diversion of recovered loots made against Magu, following petitions by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.

Asked why the police authorities had not acted on the recommendations of the panel but chose to promote Magu to the rank of Assistant-Inspector General of Police, the minister said he could not speak for the Police Service Commission (PSC).

He said: “But what I know is that Mr. Magu has already retired and that’s what I can tell you now. The fact that he was promoted is a matter for the Police Commission to, maybe, throw more light on. I’m not aware of the position of the government on the report you’re talking about and I think it’s still under consideration.

“It doesn’t mean that when he retires, the laws will not catch up with him whenever he’s found guilty. So, I think it’s not completely finished business.”

The minister said the police had begun to deploy technology in dealing with crimes and criminalities, adding that they were striving hard to be civil in their operations but would deploy firearms where necessary.

Dingyadi said his ministry was considering recruiting additional 10,000 police constables in the next one month or two in line with the president’s directive to employ 40,000 men within his second tenure.

He said those recruited into the police were the best available, noting that 25,000 constabularies had been trained for community policing.

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