The suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, on Tuesday, failed to hounour the summon by the Code of Conduct Bureau, (CCB) to present documents of all his declared assets.

The Bureau had in a letter dated November 2, requested Magu to appear before it on Tuesday, November 17, with documents of all his landed properties, both developed and undeveloped.

He was also directed to produce acknowledgment slips of all the asset declarations he made since he joined public service.

The CCB, in the letter that was signed by its Director of Intelligence, Investigation & Monitoring, Gwimi S. P, stressed that all the requested documents must be the Certified True Copies, CTC.

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Other documents he was asked to provide include: copies of his Appointment Letter, Acceptance, Records of Service and Pay Slips from January to May, 2020.

The Bureau said it was investigating a case of the alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers, that was brought against Magu.

It said the invitation was made pursuant to the mandate and power of the CCB, as enshrined in the 3 Schedule, Part 1, Paragraph 3 (e) to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended; Section 137 (a) and (b) and 138 (a) and (b) of Penal Code Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990 and Section 104 of evidence Act 2011.

However, the suspended EFCC boss failed to appear at the CCB’s Interview Room situated on the Fifth Floor, Annex 3, Federal Secretariat Complex, Shehu Shagari Way, Maitama Abuja, as directed.

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A top official at the CCB told Vanguard that no reason was offered for Magu’s failure to honour the summon.

The source said he neither came or sent a representative.

CCB’s summon came about four months after Magu was suspended from office by President Muhammadu Buhari following corruption allegations that were leveled against him by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN.

Magu had since appeared before a Presidential Judicial Commission of Inquiry headed by a former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami.

Some of the allegations against Magu bordered on abuse of office and mismanagement of Federal Government Recovered Assets and Finances from May 2015 to May 2020.

Eons Intelligence reported on July 7 that President Muhammadu Buhari approved the suspension of Magu from office. 

On July 10, Buhari approved the appointment of Mohammed Umar as the new acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).