Buhari Approves Magu’s Suspension, Names Umar As EFCC Acting Chairman
President Muhammadu
Buhari on Friday approved the suspension of Acting Chairman of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu.
Umar Gwandu,
spokesperson for Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN),
confirmed the news in a statement on Friday.
The statement added
that EFCC’s Head of Operations, Mohammed Umar, had been named as the Acting
Chairman of the organisation.
The statement reads,
“President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate suspension of Ibrahim
Magu as Ag. Chairman EFCC in order to allow for unhindered inquiry by the
Presidential Investigation Panel under the Tribunals of Inquiry Act and other
relevant laws.
“President Muhammadu
Buhari has also approved that the EFCC Director of Operations, Mohammed Umar,
should take charge and oversee the activities of the commission pending the
conclusion of the ongoing investigation and further directives in that
regards.”
Magu was arrested by
a joint team of operatives of the Department of State Services and men of the
Nigeria Police Force on Monday and then taken to the Presidential Villa where
he has been grilled for several days by a panel led by a former Court of Appeal
judge, Ayo Salami.
Magu was arrested
after it was alleged that he had four houses and was moving money outside the
country through third parties.
The DSS in a 2016
report revealed that he was living in a N40m mansion paid for by a corrupt
individual.
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