Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, EFCC, has deny report of arrest of its acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu, by the Department of State Services (DSS).
The DSS arrested acting chairman Ibrahim Magu, over allegations that he owns four properties and that he was allegedly transferring funds abroad through a third party.
In a statement on Monday, the EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, denied that Mr Magu was arrested, but confirmed that the EFCC boss is at the Presidential Villa to appear before a panel set up by the president to review activities of the EFCC at the villa.
The statement reads below:-
"Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu on Monday, July 6, 2020, honoured an invitation by a Presidential Panel reviewing the activities of the EFCC, at the Banquet Hall wing of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
"He was served the invitation to the Panel, while on his way to the Force Headquarters, Abuja for a meeting.
"The EFCC’s boss was neither arrested nor forced to honour the invitation. A member of a legal team from the EFCC is also with him on the Panel."
Dele Oyewale
Head, Media & Publicity
06/07/2020.
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