The Acting Chairman
of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, was “not
arrested” on Monday.
According to the
EFCC, he only honoured an invitation by a Presidential Panel reviewing the
activities of the agency.
The Head of Media,
Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Monday.
He said the review
was held at the Banquet Hall wing of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Oyewale explained
that Magu “was served the invitation to the Panel, while on his way to the
Force Headquarters, Abuja, for a meeting.”
He insisted that the
EFCC boss “was neither arrested nor forced to honour the invitation”.
The spokesman
disclosed that a member of EFCC legal team was also with Magu as he faced the
panel.
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