{"id":27199,"date":"2020-07-11T23:49:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T22:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=27199"},"modified":"2020-07-11T23:49:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T22:49:40","slug":"how-magu-allegedly-used-pastor-to-launder-re-looted-funds-abroad-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=27199","title":{"rendered":"How Magu allegedly used \u2018Pastor\u2019 to launder re-looted funds abroad \u2013 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Ismaila Chafe (NAN)<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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\nA report by the Presidential Probe Panel has revealed details of how the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, allegedly used a cleric to launder funds abroad.
\nThe News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Magu is currently being interrogated by the panel headed by retired Justice Ayo Salami over allegations of mismanagement and lack of transparency in managing recovered assets by the commission.
\nA copy of the report made available to NAN on Saturday in Abuja said one\u00a0Pastor Emmanuel Omale of Hand of God Prophetic Ministry was used by Magu in laundering the funds.<\/strong>
\nOmale\u2019s name was uncovered through an<\/strong>\u00a0investigative report on EFCC\u2019s activities by the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU),\u00a0and mentioned in the final report of the Presidential Committee on Audit of Recovered Assets (PCARA)<\/strong>.
\nAccording to the report, the unknown clergy is alleged to have bought a landed property on behalf of Magu worth N573 million in Dubai, United Arab Emirate.
\n\u201cAnother individual who is helping in laundering funds for the Acting Chairman and who has been referred to in several petitions is one\u00a0Pastor Emmanuel Omale (Hand of God Prophetic Ministry).<\/strong>
\n\u201cHe is reported to have travelled to Dubai with Mr Magu and his name was used in purchasing property in Dubai for Mr Magu.
\n\u201cAs an unknown pastor, the NFIU\u2019s report showed huge movement of funds ranging from\u00a0N573,228,040.41,\u2019\u2019 the report said<\/strong>.
\nNAN also gathered that efforts had been intensified to expose the real identity of the Pastor with a view to arraigning him for prosecution, if found culpable.
\nOn the Diezani Alison Madueke case, the PCARA Report accused Magu of failure to cooperate with authorities in the United Kingdom to facilitate effective prosecution of the case.<\/strong>
\n\u201cIn the\u00a0Diezani Alison Madueke case<\/strong>, the Acting Chairman is failing to further cooperate with the UK NCA to enable them charge the Former Minister to court in the UK.
\n\u201cThe Acting Chairman despite his knowledge that Mrs Madueke will not be extradited to Nigeria until after her trial in the UK, has consistently been accusing the UK government on the pages of print and electronic media of not wanting to extradite her to Nigeria,\u2019\u2019 the report maintained.
\nMagu was also accused of deliberately refusing to provide documentary evidence that would make the office of the nation\u2019s Attorney-General to commence the extradition process of Diezani Madueke.
\n\u201cThis has strained the EFCC relationship with Europe most strategic partner,\u2019\u2019 the report further observed.
\nNAN reports that Magu, who is being held at the Police headquarters, Abuja, is expected to reappear before the Salami probe panel on Monday, to defend himself against several allegations.
\n\u25aa\ufe0e Report by www.nannews.ng<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Ismaila Chafe (NAN) A report by the Presidential Probe Panel has revealed details of how the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, allegedly used a cleric to launder funds abroad. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Magu is currently being interrogated by the panel headed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":22171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[61,1869,1058],"class_list":["post-27199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-magu","tag-panel","tag-pastor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}