EFCC Picks Mohammed Umar To Replace Magu

*** Reno Omokri Blast Buhari For Picking Another Northern

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Director of Operations, Mohammed Umar, has been picked to oversee the affairs of the commission in the absence of its suspended acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu.

This was disclosed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by a top official of EFCC on Tuesday.

NAN reports that the source, who wished to be anonymous, claimed Umar was chosen by the “EFCC’s hierarchy” after Magu was suspended.

The source, however, disclosed the commission had not received any official communication on Magu’s suspension.

A presidential committee is currently probing the activities of EFCC under Magu.

This followed an indictment by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.

Magu was on Monday picked by security opetatives said to be from the Department of State Services, DSS, and taken to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as part of ongoing investigation.

EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Tony Oyewale, hpwever said Magu was only invited for questioning.

Following this development a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has reacted to the appointment of Mohammed Umar as head in the absence of its suspended acting chairman, Magu.

In a tweet he wondered if no southerner was cridible enough to head, the anti graft agency.

” Is there any law that says @ officialEFCC Chairman can only come from the North? Magu goes and is replaced with another northern Mohammed Umar. There have been five chairmen. Each has been a northern muslim. What is happening? Are there no credible southerns”.