CCB set to charge Magu for failing to declare accounts

The Code of Conduct Bureau has concluded arrangement to charge Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for failing to declare some accounts on his Asset Declaration form.

The CCB had last week invited Magu via a letter with reference number CCB/HQ/II&M/007/2093 dated November 2, 2020, to appear before it on November 17, 2020 with acknowledgment copies of all asset declaration forms since joining the public service as well as his payslips and land documents.

Magu, however, wrote a letter to the agency explaining that he would not be able to do so as all the necessary documents were in his office at the EFCC headquarters and he had been denied access to the office following his suspension.

But according to Punch report, the CCB expected Magu to have at least honoured the invitation first and then explained his challenges in person.

A source at the agency told the publication it already has enough information to show that Magu did not declare some assets but only wanted to give him a chance to explain himself.

He said, “There are some accounts which we discovered that Magu did not declare. In this age of BVN, there are things that you cannot hide. Also, the CCB has copies of his asset declaration forms which have been matched with the discovered accounts.

“It is obvious that Magu did not declare them but rather than explain himself in person, he is making excuses. Magu will be arrested if he fails to show up and he will be charged. That is a done deal.”