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Corruption: Bad News For Suspended Acting EFCC Boss, As Salami Panel Submits Interim Report
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The presidential panel probing Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has sent its interim report to President Muhammadu Buhari with a recommendation for him to sack Magu.
According to TheCable, the interim report was submitted on Wednesday.
It was gathered that the panel headed, by Ayo Salami, retired president of the court of appeal, also recommended that Magu should be prosecuted over allegations of corruption and abuse of office.
Magu is also accused of violating the code of conduct law by allegedly failing to declare his assets when he assumed office in 2015.
TheCable understands that the panel also recommended the appointment of a new chairman for the anti-graft agency “without further delayâ€.
In a letter dated July 3, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari had directed the panel to submit its “interim reports to me from time to timeâ€.
Mohammed Umar, former director of operations at the EFCC, has been in charge of the commission in acting capacity since July 6 when Magu was whisked before the panel by a combined team of Department of State Services (DSS) and officers from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) of the police in Abuja.
He was detained area 10 of the FCT police command for nine days before being granted bail.
The travails of Magu, a commissioner of police, followed a memo by Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, who accused him of “grave malfeasanceâ€.
He was alleged to have mishandled the recovered loot and sold seized assets to his associates.
Magu was also alleged to have purchased a property in Dubai, United Arab Emirates using a pastor as a conduit.
He has since denied all the allegations which he described as “nonsenseâ€, once saying: “what I am going through is a case of dog eats dogâ€.
The former acting chairman of EFCC has also accused the panel of not giving him fair hearing.
Through Wahab Shittu, his counsel, Magu has written several letters to the panel, demanding to be served a copy of the charges against him in order to prepare for defence.
Buhari had appointed him in 2015 but the senate declined to confirm his appointment, citing a DSS report which indicted him of corruption — although Magu's denied any wrongdoing.
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Biblical Village Of Bethsaida Where Jesus Fed The 5,000 Found
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A Biblical village where Jesus is said to have performed some of his most famous miracles really existed, and today lies in ruins only a mile from the Sea of Galilee, archaeologists believe.In the Bible, Bethsaida was home to disciples Peter, Andrew and Philip, and was where Jesus purportedly fed the 5,000, walked on water and helped a blind man to see. Archaeologists have been working for 32 years to find the lost city, which was eventually cursed to destruction by Jesus because residents failed to repent in spite of his miracles. Now professor Rami Arav of the University of Nebraska says he is in no doubt that Et-Tell, in the Golan Heights near the Jordan River estuary, is the location of the biblical village.Ancient sources place several requirements for the identification of Bethsaida,' Aray said,' adding that 'finds in Et-Tell convinced not only me but a group of experts.' To argue his case, Dr Arav refers to the Roman historian, Titus Flavius Josephus, who describes the location of Bethsaida in his writings.'Josephus says that the town was in the 'lower Golan' near the estuary of the Jordan River,' said Dr Arav - the same location as the El-Tell.A biblical village cursed to destruction by Jesus really existed and today lies in ruins only a mile from the Sea of Galilee, archaeologists believeResearchers have been working at the site for 32 years and now believe it is safe to say it was the site of the biblical cityResearchers have been working at the site for 32 years and now believe it is safe to say it was the site of the biblical city.The professor also highlights Josephus' description of how Bethsaida was later 'advanced unto the dignity of a city' and renamed Julias, after the wife of Roman emperor Augustus.THE BIBLICAL MIRACLES OF BETHSAIDABethsaida — the biblical hometown to disciples Andrew, Peter and Philip — was reputedly where Jesus performed a number of miracles.These included the feeding of the 5,000, in which Christ — following the death of John the Baptist — used five loaves and two fishes supplied by a boy to feed a crowd of his followers. The Gospel of Mark, meanwhile, tells of a blind man of Bethsaida whose sight was restored after two blessings from Jesus. At Et-Tell the research team studying the location discovered a temple that was dedicated to Julia, Augustus' wife.The name Bethsaida translates as 'house of fishing/hunting' and Dr Arav believes this holds another clue.He contends that the ruins at Et-Tell were once known as Zer, which could also be transcribed as 'Tzed', a Hebrew word that means both hunting and fishing.And though Et-Tell is over a mile from the Sea of Galilee – contrary to the biblical description of Bethsaida as a place accessible by boat – the dig site may have been closer in ancient times.The transformation, it's argued, can be explained by tectonic movements and changing water levels in the lake.Dr Arav said: 'Basically you need to know that the Sea of Galilee is right in the middle of the Syro-African rift and is prone to tectonic shifts.'They researchers also discovered ancient fishing equipment among the ruins of the settlement. Jesus was said to have cursed the village, warning it faced worse treatment than Sodom – a city destroyed by God in the Old Testament. Although Bethsaida did not meet the calamitous end Jesus foretold, it was ultimately abandoned.'Fortunately Jesus did not say when the town will be destroyed,' joked Dr Arav.'So in the 4th century it was abandoned and, without maintenance, the buildings collapsed.'The professor also threw down the gauntlet to archaeologists who claim the nearby site of El-Araj is the true Bethsaida.He believes that what they have actually found is a former military camp.Archaeologists have been working for 32 years to prove that the site of the city cursed to destruction by Jesus once stood at the El-Tell excavation site Though Et-Tell is over a mile from the Sea of Galilee contrary to the biblical description of Bethsaida as a place accessible by boat the dig site may have been closer in ancient times'This is an outstanding achievement, but it is not Bethsaida mentioned in the ancient sources,' he said.'They simply do not meet the prerequisites mentioned above, but they fit perfectly the military camp.'I would also request that the directors of the dig at El-Araj publish a peer-reviewed article stating their discoveries.'They failed to do it so far and everything the archaeological community knows about their finds comes from sketchy briefing by journalists in newspapers.'This is, of course, not enough.'The dig site at El-Araj flooded earlier this summer, stopping excavations. Ancient sources place several requirements for the identification of Bethsaida,' Aray said,' adding that 'finds in Et-Tell convinced not only me but a group of experts.' To argue his case, Dr Arav refers to the Roman historian, Titus Flavius Josephus, who describes the location of Bethsaida in his writings.'Josephus says that the town was in the 'lower Golan' near the estuary of the Jordan River,' said Dr Arav - the same location as the El-Tell dig site.A biblical village cursed to destruction by Jesus really existed and today lies in ruins only a mile from the Sea of Galilee, archaeologists believe Researchers have been working at the site for 32 years and now believe it is safe to say it was the site of the biblical cityThe professor also highlights Josephus' description of how Bethsaida was later 'advanced unto the dignity of a city' and renamed Julias, after the wife of Roman emperor Augustus.THE BIBLICAL MIRACLES OF BETHSAIDABethsaida — the biblical hometown to disciples Andrew, Peter and Philip — was reputedly where Jesus performed a number of miracles.These included the feeding of the 5,000, in which Christ — following the death of John the Baptist — used five loaves and two fishes supplied by a boy to feed a crowd of his followers. The Gospel of Mark, meanwhile, tells of a blind man of Bethsaida whose sight was restored after two blessings from Jesus. At Et-Tell the research team studying the location discovered a temple that was dedicated to Julia, Augustus' wife.The name Bethsaida translates as 'house of fishing/hunting' and Dr Arav believes this holds another clue.He contends that the ruins at Et-Tell were once known as Zer, which could also be transcribed as 'Tzed', a Hebrew word that means both hunting and fishing.And though Et-Tell is over a mile from the Sea of Galilee – contrary to the biblical description of Bethsaida as a place accessible by boat – the dig site may have been closer in ancient times.The transformation, it's argued, can be explained by tectonic movements and changing water levels in the lake.Dr Arav said: 'Basically you need to know that the Sea of Galilee is right in the middle of the Syro-African rift and is prone to tectonic shifts.'They researchers also discovered ancient fishing equipment among the ruins of the settlement. Jesus was said to have cursed the village, warning it faced worse treatment than Sodom – a city destroyed by God in the Old Testament. Although Bethsaida did not meet the calamitous end Jesus foretold, it was ultimately abandoned.'Fortunately Jesus did not say when the town will be destroyed,' joked Dr Arav.'So in the 4th century it was abandoned and, without maintenance, the buildings collapsed.'The professor also threw down the gauntlet to archaeologists who claim the nearby site of El-Araj is the true Bethsaida.He believes that what they have actually found is a former military camp.Archaeologists have been working for 32 years to prove that the site of the city cursed to destruction by Jesus once stood at the El-Tell excavation siteThough Et-Tell is over a mile from the Sea of Galilee contrary to the biblical description of Bethsaida as a place accessible by boat the dig site may have been closer in ancient times'This is an outstanding achievement, but it is not Bethsaida mentioned in the ancient sources,' he said.'They simply do not meet the prerequisites mentioned above, but they fit perfectly the military camp.'I would also request that the directors of the dig at El-Araj publish a peer-reviewed article stating their discoveries.'They failed to do it so far and everything the archaeological community knows about their finds comes from sketchy briefing by journalists in newspapers.'This is, of course, not enough,’ he said.
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