The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said its Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, was neither arrested nor forced to honour an invitation by a Presidential panel reviewing its activities.
The EFCC, in a statement, however confirmed that Magu was served the invitation to the panel while on his way to the Force Headquarters.
The EFCC boss was reported to have been stopped by security operatives, in traffic, just after he left his Wuse 2 Office, to shelve his appointment and head for the Villa.
Reacting, the EFCC said, “The 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 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.”
