EFCC: Magu Was Neither Arrested Nor Forced To Honour Presidential Panel’s Invitation

…As DSS Denies Arrest Reports

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, was neither arrested nor forced to honour presidential panel invitation, commission’s spokesman has said.

The denial followed widely reported media reports that operatives of the DSS whisked Magu away from a traffic to the Conference Center in the State House Abuja where was grilled on corruption allegations by a Presidential Panel constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The EFCC in a statement sent by its spokesman, Dele Oyewale, Head, Media & Publicity and obtained by BIGPEN, reads; “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’, the statement reads.

Meanwhile, the DSS has also denied arresting Magu.

The DSS in a statement captioned: ‘Magu, Not Arrested By DSS’, released by its spokesman, Peter Afunanya reads, “The Department of State Services (DSS) wishes to inform the public that it did not arrest Ibrahim MAGU, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as has been reported by sections of the media. The Service, has since, today, 6th July, 2020, been inundated with enquiries over the alleged arrest.”