Former Head Of State Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar Reacts To EFCC Allegation

The former head of State Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar has refuted the claim that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigated his house in Minna, Niger State.

The General made this known in a statement through his Military Assistant Captain J. Mfon (rtd) on Thursday.

According to the statement, the General recalled that in 2017, operatives of the Commission from Kano zone had visited Minna to search a house in Tunga and somehow the team ended up at His Excellency’s Guest House in Minna but were denied access because they had no search warrant to search his property.

Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar in the statement said he was prompted to clarify things due to the ongoing media frenzy insinuating His Excellency in Magu’s issue.

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The statement said: “The attention of His Excellency, Gen. A A A Abubakar has been drawn to reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) searched his house in Minna, Niger State, on the orders of its Acting Chairman, CP Ibrahim Magu, and he feels the need to put the record straight: his house has never been searched by either EFCC or any security agency.

“However, sometime in 2017 operatives of the Commission from Kano zone came to Minna to search a house in Tunga. The team ended up at His Excellency’s Guest House in Minna and told the security officers on duty that they had instructions from their zonal head to search the property.

“The officers said since the numbering of houses in Tunga was haphazard, it must be a case of mistaken identity. When CP Magu was contacted, he said he was not aware of the operation. Thereafter, the EFCC team from Kano left.

“His Excellency’s understanding is that they realized they came to the wrong address. However, no search was conducted in the guest house.

“His Excellency, as a rule, does not comment on media publications directed at or concerning him. He has taken this step because of the reactions these reports are generating.

“His Excellency felt, the need, to provide this important clarification due to the ongoing media frenzy insinuating His Excellency in Magu’s issue.”