Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim
Magu, has said the Commission would not hesitate to investigate former
President Goodluck Jonathan if there is ample evidence to that effect.
He
told the BBC Hausa Service, monitored in Jos, Plateau state, yesterday,
that whoever was reported to the anti-graft agency would be
investigated and that “no one will be spared.”
Magu vowed that the
commission would do its work without shielding anyone, and “if he
(Jonathan) is reported to us and there are facts in the reports, we will
surely investigate the matter.”
He said their invitation to
anyone suspected of financial crimes is usually preceded by months of
verification of the allegations lodged with the EFCC.
On the
recovered stolen funds, Magu said the commission had recovered more than
$3.1 billion, adding that the actual amount recovered would be made
known to Nigerians by May, 29, 2016, as well as names of those the
monies were recovered from.
Meanwhile, a former Governor of Kano
state, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, has said he was not scared of being in
the custody of the anti-graft agency, expressing his readiness to spend
10 years in its custody to prove his innocence.
Speaking to news
men in Kano yesterday, the former education minister under the Goodluck
Jonathan administration, said, as a true Muslim, he considered his
ordeal as an act of God and that he was not suspecting any foul play
from anyone.
He said being in the custody of the EFCC does not mean he was guilty
of any charge, stressing that it was normal for one to be investigated
under a given circumstance.
The ex-minister further clarified that
his invitation by the commission was premised on the claim by one of a
top PDP chieftain who was saddled with the task of distributing the
N950million campaign funds.
The former minister, who said he never
benefitted from the fund, added that the claimant could not prove his
case beyond any reasonable doubt.
He said: “My house was
thoroughly searched by the operatives of the Commission looking for
incriminating evidence; they searched everywhere, and nothing was found
to prove my complicity in sharing the campaign fund.”
“As far as I
am concerned, I have no skeleton in my cupboard. I always consider my
integrity first and God, in his infinite wisdom, has protected me in the
face of all conspiracy theories I am grateful to him.”
He thanked
his family, friends and loyalists for the unalloyed sympathy during his
hours of travails, stressing that a person of his popularity and wider
appeal could only be gingered by the goodwill of his ardent admirers and
loyalists
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