By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
For Ibrahim Magu, the embattled acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), his chickens of corruption may have finally come home to roost .
The Department of State Services (DSS) arrested him on Monday over allegations of corruption, including re-looting of loots recovered from looters of the country’s patrimony.
TheNiche gathered that DSS operatives arrested him from the EFCC headquarters in Abuja this afternoon and whisked him to the Banquet Hall wing of the Presidential Villa where a panel probing the activities of the agency was sitting.
Magu was later joined by EFCC lawyer Rotimi Oyedepo.
His arrest comes a few days after Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), accused him of egregious infractions.
The AGF asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack Magu over some “weighty” allegations, including the diversion of recovered loot.
In addition to allegedly re-looting the recovered loot, Malami accused the acting EFCC chairman of insubordination and misconduct.
In 2016, the Bukola Saraki-led Senate refused to confirm the appointment of Magu as EFCC chairman after a DSS report indicted him of corruption, but President Buhari refused to relieve him of his duties.
He has headed the anti-graft agency for five years in acting capacity.
Details shortly
