In a bid to sanitize the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the
acting chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu, has ordered the arrest
of some of the agency's management staff who allegedly leak information
about the operations of the agency to online media.
A source within the agency who spoke on the condition of anonymity told
The Nation;
"The no-nonsense acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime
Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has commenced a massive clean-up of the agency
with the arrest of some officers.
Those affected are a director and five officers who
are causing disaffection and engaging in corrupt practices. We will not
release their names until the investigation is completed. They were
allegedly involved in unauthorised leakages of official information and
causing damaging reports based on false information to be published
against the commission by bloggers. The action of the officers is
prejudicial to discipline and violates their oath of allegiance. Those
in custody include a director, some senior and lower cadre officers,
including a former senior operative, who was dismissed for corruption
and involvement in cult activities. In recent times, the EFCC has been
at the receiving end of negative reports by bloggers and the mainstream
media, targeting its leadership. The malicious reports have done untold
damage to the reputation of the commission. Available facts showed that
the staff, who operated as a syndicate, were desperately projecting the
management staff to take over the leadership of the commission while
attacking the integrity, professionalism and reputation of the EFCC. The
investigation is still o, with the possibility of more arrests in the
coming days.”he said
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