. He’s only facing panel- EFCC spokesman
Department of State Services has denied arresting the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu.
This is just as the EFCC said Magu was only facing an investigative panel and not being detained by DSS.
Earlier, media reports indicated that Magu was invited and grilled by a Federal Government panel.
But following enquiries over Magu’s arrest, DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, issued a statement denying it.
The DSS in the statement titled: “MAGU, NOT ARRESTED BY DSS,” 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.”
Other reports said Magu was indeed invited for questioning by a Federal Government panel.
Similarly, EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said in a statement on Monday that Magu was only facing an investigative panel and not under DSS detention as reported.
According to the EFCC statement, “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 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.”