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The former acting chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, portrayed his departure from the anti-corruption organization as corruption retaliation.


At an award ceremony held in his honor by the Northern Female Students Association on Sunday in Abuja, Magu made the claim.


"I am a corruption victim fighting back, but I'm glad that recent events are telling Nigerians the truth," he stated.


Magu, who was represented by his son Mr. Mohammad-Saeed Ibrahim-Magu, thanked the organization for bestowing the accolade of "Achiever per Excellence" upon him and expressed his happiness at receiving it.


Magu was picked for the prize by a unanimous vote because of his commitment to national service, according to Ms. Aisha Nasir, spokesman for the union of female university students in northern Nigeria.


"The battle against corruption in Nigeria is a binding moral obligation that necessitates looking above political allegiances or preferences."


Whether you like him or not, Ibrahim Magu advanced the anti-corruption cause to heights that many people believed were impossible.


According to Nasir, "Magu earned continental and international praise for addressing what had been considered as the primary impediment impeding the growth and development of African states and economies.


The award was made shortly after Justice Yusuf Halilu's Oct. 4 FCT High Court verdict.


Magu was cleared by Justice Halilu of a bogus accusation that Pastor Emmanuel Omale and his wife Deborah, of the Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministry, had laundered N573 million for the former EFCC director.


The priest is alleged to have used the funds to purchase a home for Magu in Dubai.


Omale, his wife, and the church sued the church's bank in a lawsuit titled FCT/HC/CV2541/2020, and the court granted their request for judgment.


It was asserted that research by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, during the examination of Magu by the retired Justice Isa Salami-led presidential investigative team, found that Magu paid N573million.


However, Justice Halilu remarked in his decision that the evidence before his court demonstrated that Omale's bank had acknowledged inaccuracy in its report to the NFIU of transactions in the account of the Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministry.


The judge additionally held that the bank claimed that its recently improved reporting system had incorrectly reported the alleged N573 million as a credit entry into the church's account.


Justice Halilu remarked that the bank had acknowledged the mistake, which had caused Pastor Omale, his wife, and their church irreparable harm both domestically and abroad.


As compensation for the bank's erroneously manufactured weekly report of a "suspicious" credit inflow of N573.2 million, he also gave Omale the sum of N540.5 million.


In 2020, Magu was demoted to the acting chairman of the EFCC.



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