Malami, Magu and turmoil in EFCC - The Nation Nigeria

On the surface, the arrest, detention and grilling of former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission chairman, Ibrahim Magu, should underscore President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to the war against corruption and emboldened respect for the rule of law. Orchestrated almost wholly by the Justice minister and Attorney General of the Federation , Abubakar Malami, the detention and grilling of the EFCC boss represent his firmer control of the agencies constitutionally subordinated to his office.

The AGF had complained loudly, fought Mr Magu openly, and at the risk of plunging the presidency into chaos joined forces with other shadowy persons in the corridors of power to prosecute his wars against the EFCC. Mr Malami now has the upper hand, as indeed the constitution has all along envisaged.

Because the commission lacked or repudiated the right philosophy, it was unable to appreciate that subverting the law was even worse than invading the national treasury, with both vices regarded as appalling manifestations of the different faces of corruption.

Thirdly, apart from the systemic problems confronting the combustible troika of EFCC, AGF and presidency, no one has addressed the simple and provocative fact that the anti-corruption war has remained unscientific and pedestrian. The country mistakes loot recovery for anti-graft war, the scaffolding for the building. Or perhaps Nigerians superimpose their mistaken perceptions on the obnoxious realities of the EFCC.

But perhaps a sublime change is finally afoot in the presidency. The upper hand Mr Malami has just seized viz-a-viz the EFCC may in fact be a reflection of either the re-establishment or imposition of a new order in the presidency. Previously, a chaotic system of contrapuntal exercise of powers reigned supreme in the presidency, with cabals and anti-cabals carving out impregnable fortresses for themselves and their minions, and open epistolary battles rearing their heads now and again.

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