BREAKING: Magu Not Arrested - EFCC Reveals What Happened

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has said the acting chairman Ibrahim Magu, was not arrested.

According to EFCC, Magu only honored an invitation by a Presidential Panel reviewing the activities of the agency.

The Head of Media, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement made available to public through the verified account of the anti graft commission.

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”.

Read full statement below:

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’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.

Dele Oyewale

Head, Media & Publicity 06/07/2020.

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.

— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) July 6, 2020