DSS Denies Arrest Of EFCC Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu

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The Department of State Services (DSS) has refuted some media reports that it arrested Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). This was contained in a press statement made available to Vigil360 in Abuja on Monday by Peter Afunanya, the Public Relations Officer, Department of State Services.

According to  Afunanya “The Department of State Services (DSS) wishes to inform the public that it did not arrest Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as has been reported by sections of the media". 

“The Service, has since, today, 6th July 2020, been inundated with enquiries over the alleged arrest.

However, Information available to Vigil360 revealed that the acting chairman of the EFCC, Magu, is being grilled by a panel set up to investigate alleged infractions against him.

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