EFCC Issues Statement On Magu’s Reported Arrest

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 set by the nigerian president to review the allegations

Reports say he was arrested at the Wuse II office of the EFCC in Abuja after his convoy was stopped by armed security agents.

According to Premium Times, the attorney general of the federation, Abubakar Malami, is accusing Mr Magu of refusing to obey orders from authorities and also of stealing recovered funds.

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.