Magu Facing Presidential Panel Over Alleged Corruption, State House Journalists Barred …As DSS Denies His Arrest

Embattled Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, is facing a panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the allegations of corruption levelled against him.

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The panel is sitting at the Conference Centre of the Presidential Villa (Old Banquet Hall) Abuja.

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Recall that the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami had recently written to President Muhammadu Buhari on why the EFCC boss should be replaced having been rejected many times for confirmation by the National Assembly.

The former Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura had also written what was said to be damaging report against Magu to the senate.

Meanwhile, the DSS has said that it did not arrest Magu.

The Service’s Public Relations Officer, Peter Afunanya, said this in a statement on Monday.

He added that the DSS has since been inundated with inquiries over the reported arrest of Magu, stressing that the Service has no connection with the incident.

Afunanya issued the statement after reports emerged that the acting chairman of the anti-graft agency had been arrested by DSS officials in Abuja.

Meanwhile, journalists who went to cover the event at about 3.20 pm, were turned back by security personnel.

Even when the journalists who cover the State House decided to go to the press center at the Old Banquet Hall, they were politely told to excuse the place for a while.

“They said you people should excuse the use of this place for today,” a security official details.

More details soon