BEVERLY HILLS, July 06, (THEWILL) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says its Acting Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu was served the invitation to the Presidential Panel investigating his conduct at the agency, while on his way to the police headquarters in Asokoro-Abuja for a meeting.
The agency in a statement sent to THEWILL signed by spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said he was “neither arrested nor forced to honour the invitation.”
Full text of the statement is reproduced below:
MAGU HONOURS PANEL INVITATION
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 honor the invitation. A member of a legal team from the EFCC is also with him on the Panel.