A former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, will retire from the police on May 5, 2022, after attaining 60 years of age.
He was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police on March 3, 1990. He rose to the rank of Commissioner of Police on April 18, 2018.
Reports said he had forwarded his retirement notice to the police authorities in preparation for leaving the service.
But the Police Service Commission said the CP might not get his retirement benefits until he is cleared of allegations of graft and insubordination levelled against him by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN).
The Commissioner representing the media in the PSC, Mr. Austin Braimoh, told The PUNCH on Sunday that the commission would not process Magu’s retirement benefits until the case against him had been resolved.
Magu was suspended on July 10, 2020, by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over Malami’s allegations against him. He consequently appeared before a presidential panel headed by retired Justice Ayo Salami set up to probe him.
The probe report, submitted to the President in November 2020, allegedly indicted Magu and recommended his prosecution for corruption and abuse of office.
