Magu made this known
in a letter he sent to the panel titled, ‘Re: Alleged Case of Conspiracy,
Enrichment, Abuse of Public Office and Other Infractions,’.
Magu's letter was in
response to an earlier report by the Presidential Committee on Audit of
Recovered Assets in which he was accused of being unable to account some of the
recovered vehicles and houses as well as the interest on the N550 billion
recovered funds.
Magu in his response
letter, said about 450 vehicles that have been recovered are yet to be sold.
His letter in part
reads
“On allocation of
vehicles to some government agencies through special auction with presidential
approval. The beneficiary agencies are: the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs
and Disaster Management of which the valued price is to be debited from their
allocation; State House, National Commission for Refugees and Displaced
Persons; Federal Inland Revenue Service
and National Directorate of Employment.
The commission
presently has presidential approval to dispose over 450 forfeited vehicles
located in Lagos and Abuja. The vehicles have been valued by the National
Automotive Council Valuers and the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing. But
no sale/disposal has been conducted yet''
Responding to
allegations that he has diverted some of the recovered houses from looters,
Magu said the recovered houses have been handed over to some government
agencies like the Voice of Nigeria, North -East Development Commission, and the
Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate. He added that some other
properties, which had been forfeited pending the outcome of court cases, were
being rented by the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Nigerian Army and other
agencies of government.
The embattled EFCC
boss also informed the panel via his letter that the commission also
temporarily handed over a property recovered in Lagos to the Lagos State
Government for use as isolation centres for COVID-19 patients.
“Real properties
finally forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria and allocated to some
agencies for official use in line with the Presidential approval are: Voice of
Nigeria, National Directorate of
Employment, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, North
East Development Commission and Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate.
“Properties under
interim forfeiture order are rented by the following government agencies:
Nigerian Army, Federal Ministry of Finance, Fiscal Responsibility Commission,
Nigerians in Diaspora Commission and Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria.
“Other agencies of
government that have approached the commission to rent properties under interim
forfeiture order include: National Human Rights Commission and National Council
for Arts and culture.” his letter read
The panel however
reportedly rejected Magu's letter which was submitted by his lawyer, Wale
Shittu, insisting there was no basis for the letter and informed Shittu that
Magu would be summoned if there was a need for clarification.
Magu was arrested by
the police on July 6, 2020, and brought before the Justice Ayo Salami-led panel
which is sitting at the Presidential Villa. He was accused of corruption and
diversion of recovered funds, insubordination and others by the Minister of
Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.
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