President Buhari Shops For EFCC Boss, Magu’s Replacement

The presidency is shopping for a possible replacement of Ibrahim Magu, the suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The names of four people including a retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) and two serving police commissioners have been penciled.

This is coming as the Presidential Panel led by Justice Ayo Salami, a former President of the Court of Appeal, continued with its interrogation of the embattled Magu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. 

Magu has been on the job in an acting capacity since November 9, 2015, following the 8th Senate’s rejection of his nomination. 

The sources, who asked not to be identified, said the President has vetted a retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Sani Usman, and Diseye Nsirim-Poweigba, a former police commissioner in Niger State, who retired from service in 2014 for the position.

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Mr. Usman, a native of Bauchi State, represented the North East and held the position of DIG in charge of Training and Development before his forced retirement in 2019, following the appointment of then AIG Muhammed Abubakar Adamu, his junior, as Inspector-General of Police.

Ms. Nsirim-Poweigba, a native of Bayelsa State, ran unsuccessfully for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2019.

The President will send his eventual nominee to the Senate for approval as required by law.