Magu, Okiro differ on promotion of police officer •As EFCC boss commends official who recovered $9.8 million from former NNPC GMD

A cold war might be brewing between the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu and the chairman of the Police Service Commission, Mr Mike Okiro, with the former  noting that he was not aware of any police officer making a recovery of N42 billion for the Federal Government.

Magu, who spoke in Abuja, on Saturday, during the commission’s monthly keep fit programme, clarified the information in a release by the Police Service Commission, regarding the promotion of six policemen for outstanding performance, saying: “He may have made recovery in the past. But in the last six years, I am not aware of any recovery by the officer to warrant commendation by the Commission.”

It will be recalled that one Suleiman Abdul, who is currently said to be on secondment at the EFCC, was promoted to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police because he “recently recovered N42 billion for the Federal Government.”

Meanwhile, Magu has commended the EFCC’s Head of Operations in the Kano Zonal Office, Adamu Dan Musa, who led a team that recovered over $9.8 million from the residence of a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu, in Kaduna.

He said the officer and his team demonstrated courage, professionalism and integrity in executing the raid that yielded the astounding discovery, calling on the staff of the commission to emulate the team, noting that the “EFCC is poised to take the fight against corruption to new heights.”

Magu urged all staff of the commission to be dedicated to their jobs as only diligence, professionalism and uncommon courage would be rewarded with promotion.