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Abubakar Sidiq Usman of (Abusidiqu.com) was arrested today over comments he made against the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) last week. Twitter is not happy and folks are trending #FreeAbusidiq on the social network.

http://www.somtoo.com/2016/08/freeabusidiq-outrage-as-blogger.html

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See the article he wrote: http://abusidiqu.com/efcc-boss-magu-commences-total-war-core-efcc-staff/

EFCC Boss, Magu Commences Total War With Core EFCC Staff
By Editor - Aug 2, 2016 0

By Adenike Lucas
Regular of staff at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC are complaining that they are being bullied by the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu.
Magu, who returned a few seconded police men to their mother organisation has become panicky following series of revelations on his activities at the commission.
According to a source, Magu was “panicking because his confirmation had been deferred and is beginning to suspect any and every one in the commission for his problem.”
In June of this year, the DSS arrested one Air Commodore Umar Muhammed. Mr. Muhammed is still in detention with the state security service accused of carrying out a blackmailing cartel on behalf of senior staff at EFCC and Office of the National Security Adviser.
During a raid at the Maitama, Abuja home of the Air Chief Muhammed, DSS operatives discovered sensitive EFCC documents, plus other unauthorised documents from the office of the President and Arms Deal Committee.
A source close to the investigation believes Mr Muhammed who retired as an air commodore in the Nigerian Air Force in January 2014 has informed the duo of NSA Babagana Monguno and his Mr Magu whom he is alleged to be fronting for, that all was about to be revealed by the DSS Operatives working on his case.
Air Cdre, Mr Muhammed thinks it is the DSS attached to him that exposed all his dealings.
The source expressed that this important information from the air officer, Mr. Muhammed has prompted the acting chairman of the anti-corruption agency to embark on a personal vendetta against core staff of the commission attached to his office.
Another source with knowledge of the works of the anti-corruption commission agreed that Mr Magu was picking on regular staffs.
“Mr Magu thinks it is the regular staff that is hindering his confirmation whereas it his corrupt nature which has been exposed that is stopping any one from confirming him,” the source said.
“He feels they are a threat and may be working like DSS operatives, as some were being trained by the same Nigeria Secret Police.”
They also said that Mr Magu “has started replacing Protective Operatives attached to him with his police staff.
“Recently, Mr Magu started by victimising ‘Protective Core Operatives’ of the EFCC due to this revelation given to him by the arrested air chief who is a close ally of himself and his Godfather NSA Monguno.”
Meanwhile, in another development, document shows that a BACAB PLAZA, beside KASUPDA HOUSE, Kaduna Central Market, Ahmadu Bello Way, Kaduna State belonging to Air Commodore Salisu Yushau, who is also involved in the Arms Deal scandal were never declared to the Assets Forfeiture Unit.
Instead, according to a reliable whistle blower, the asset which was recovered by CSP Ishaku Sharu was returned to Borno born Mr Yushau who became a prosecution witness to the EFCC.
Sources said Chief Superintendent, Sharu is very corrupt. It is why former chairman Madam Farida Waziri returned him back to the mother organisation Nigeria Police, but the immediate past chairman of the commission, Mr Ibrahim Lamorde who is believed to have encouraged corrupt police officers, brought him back to EFCC in 2011.?
CSP Sharu is thought to have cut a deal with Mr Yushau not to reveal the Plaza.
There were been allegations that Mr Magu and Mr Monguno, both from Borno state, has been diverting government funds for personal use.
People close to Mr Magu are questioning why he has failed to allow an investigation into various allegation of corruption made against him.
One said “if Magu of EFCC is not corrupt like them, why is he keeping CSP Iliyasu Kwarbai, CSP Ishaku Sharu, and other police boys known with this illegalities.
“Mr Magu knows why he has not been confirmed. It is alarming the level of this allegation. Unfortunately, they would not go away unless they are investigated.”
Although a call was placed to him, he did not pick or return the call.

https://nairaland.unblockandhide.com/3276105/efcc-arrest-popular-nigerian-blogger

Shameless EFCC
Buhari's istration has killed our freedom of speech!

Why can't you sue him to court if you fill he reported something false against you,rather than arresting him in order to instill fear in him?

Watch as the will lie to their zombies that they found 2billion dollar with him.

Shameless nation!

hmmmm

Ok

This government will go down as the most oppressive civilian government in the history of Nigeria.
Nigerians will never make the mistake of voting an ex-dictator to be a civilian president.
This is disgusting!

I am beginning to feel Buhari will do everything to clench on to power in 2019.
He has already reshuffled INEC and every institution that has the power to remove him.... WAHALA DEY!!

My prayer points are simple:

1. May all who the injustices perpetuated by Buhari and his goons, may they be a victim of injustice

2. May all who ed and are still in of the dullard, suffer more than any other Nigerian

him sef don collect money.

NOW TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS PRESENT GOVERNMENT AND DICTATORSHIP, IF U TALK THEY ARREST U,IF U CRITIZE U ARE CORRUPT,IF JUDGE FREES U THE JUDGE IS NOT RIGHT, WHICH WAY NIGERIA,NA THIS CHANGE UNA VOTE FOR?

too bad...

.... And so the trending we release him?

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He looks like Al-Banawi..


He should remain locked up until proven innocent..

why free him? this is a platform for him to become the revolution the country is looking for...


He should start shouting, "ALUTA ALUTA, VICTORIA ASERTA {or whatever una dey talk}" from his cell.....


It works.

Freedom of speech is guaranteed but freedom after speech... You know the rest.

Op, what did the guy say against the efcc?

What's tha business?

A casualty of chronic zombiesm.

I thought freedom of speech and political expression was a part of Fundamental Human Right?

If dem lyk make dey ty rope for him head. It ain't my business .

probably he had said wat hez supposed not to say, a classified information nd efcc needs to know who is feeding him wit such information

wow

As long as they aren't arresting NameCheckers
or NCAN , no problems.

Meanwhile
Happy Jail Term Abubakar Sidiq Usman

ok

Buhary why?

call your dogs to order.

How sure we that he did not commit an economic crime, what if he does blogging as an excuse but actually he is a scam artist?

Let's wait to hear what is the offence he is being arrested for then we can and say #freeabusidiq if he is arrested because of 419 or blackmail cos I know some journalist do that then OYO

Hmmm, which way Nija?!!

Make dem come nairaland...Dem go arrest tire..Idiotz

And then it starts

How to save cost on generator fuel!

Left for EFCC to confirm reason of arrest

HAH:
How sure we that he did not commit an economic crime, what if he does blogging as an excuse but actually he is a scam artist?

I doubt he was arrested for economic crimes


GEJ: Corruption
PMB: Corruption + Incompetence + Religio-tribalism + ?Dictatorship

Serves him right, Abu Sidiq was a staunch Buharist let him taste what he helped to cook.