Justice Ayo Salami (Retd), who is the Chairman of the Presidential Judicial Commission of Inquiry probing allegation of fraud against the suspended acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu has denied having any regret over his appointment.
In a statement he made available to newsmen on Tuesday, Justice Salami also debunked the report he purportedly walked out two lawyers that appeared to defend Magu at one of the sittings of the panel.
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‘There was no time anything near the unthinkable scenario painted in the false story occurred in any meeting between myself and the lawyers to Magu or any other person, for that matter, since the judicial commission of inquiry began its sittings.
”I have no cause to express any regret over my Chairmanship of the Commission, not to talk of betraying any form of emotion before anyone about it. I see my appointment to serve as the Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry as an honour and call to service, thus, my decision to accept diligently and patriotically discharge this responsibility.
”I have never appointed any of the two lawyers or any person (s) to speak on my behalf as I can express myself without recourse to the lawyers of the persons we are probing. As an eminent jurist, who retired as the then President of the Court of Appeal, I have handled much more complex cases than the current one before the Commission”.
He said there was no doubt that the ‘false’ reports were aimed at causing mischief and tarnishing his hard-earned reputation and integrity.
He said he remain resolute and committed to the service of the nation and ready to champion the ideals of justices and fairness.
President Muhammadu Buhari had in July suspended Ibrahim Magu as Acting Chairman of EFCC following allegation of discrepancies in the reconciliation records of the EFCC and the Federal Ministry of Finance on recovered funds.
Magu was also accused of insubordination to the Office of the AGF, Abubakar Malami.
