Power-drunk EFCC chairman arrests blogger over story

EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu

The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission has arrested popular blogger,
Mr. Abubakar Sidiq Usman, otherwise
known as Abusidiqu, over a recent report he
published against the Chairman of the EFCC,
Mr. Ibrahim Magu.
Friends of the blogger who reached out to
The PUNCH said he was arrested by the EFCC
operatives early on Monday morning.
Confirming the arrest, the EFCC spokesman,
Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said the blogger was
arrested for cyber stalking.
In a statement, Uwujaren said, “The EFCC
today (Monday) arrested Mr. Abubakar Sidiq
Usman, a blogger, for offences bordering on
cyber stalking. The suspect, who is the
publisher of Abusidiqu.com, was picked up
at his Kubwa, Abuja, home in the early hours
of Monday August 8, 2016, by operatives of
the EFCC and is currently being questioned
over the alleged offence which contravenes
sections of the Cyber Crime Act.


“The suspect has already been offered
administrative bail and would be released to
his elected sureties.”
Cyber stalking is defined as the repeated use
of electronic communications to harass or
frighten someone by sending threatening
emails or spreading false messages online.
Usman’s blog, Abusidiqu.com, published a
report titled, ‘EFCC boss, Magu, commences
total war with core EFCC staff’ on August 2,
2016.
The report stated that members of staff at
the EFCC were complaining that they were
being bullied by Magu.
It stated that Magu was jittery about the
delay in his confirmation by the Senate and
was beginning to take his paranoia out on
his subordinates.
According to the report, Magu is a front for
one Air Commodore Umar Muhammed, who
is currently in the custody of the Department
of State Services.
It added that there were allegations that
Magu and the National Security Adviser,
Babagana Monguno, both from Borno State,
had been diverting government funds for
personal use.