JUST IN: Magu was not arrested — EFCC reacts

EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu 

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, has debunked reports that its acting Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu was arrested by the Department of State Services DSS over alleged corruption.

The commission said Magu is only facing an investigative panel and is not being detained by the DSS.

The EFCC said this in a statement by its Spokesman, Dele Oyewale, on Monday.

The statement read in part, “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.”