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DSS didn’t arrest Magu, EFCC says

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that its Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, was not arrested by security agents.

It however said 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, EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity Dele Oyewale said in a statement on Monday.

“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,” Oyewale said in the statement.

The Department of State Services (DSS) had also in a statement by its spokesman Peter Afunanya said it did not arrest Magu.

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