Ibrahim Magu has been suspended as the acting chairman of
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Magu was suspended to allow him
face the probe into the allegations against him.
He appeared before a panel probing allegations of gross
misconduct against him on Monday. The panel is led by Ayo Salami, a retired
justice of the appeal court.
The development comes after he was arrested and detained by
security operatives in Abuja.
Magu’s travails followed a memo by Abubakar Malami,
attorney-general of the federation (AGF), in which the suspended anti-graft
czar was accused of grave malfeasance.
He was alleged to have mishandled the recovered loot and was
selling seized assets to associates. He was also alleged to have refused to
subject himself to the supervision of the office of the attorney-general.
Femi Odekunle, a member of the Presidential Advisory
Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), had accused Malami of waging a grudge war
against Magu.
He said the suspended EFCC chief is a victim of a power-play
at the presidency.
But the presidential panel disclaimed the statement, saying
Odekunle only spoke for himself.
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