Mohammed Umar, director of operations at the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been named acting chairman of the
agency.
According to NAN, a top official of the commission confirmed
that Umar has taken charge of the agency in the absence of Ibrahim Magu.
Magu was arrested on Monday and whisked to the presidential
villa in Abuja where he was grilled by a panel set up by President Muhammadu
Buhari to probe the EFCC.
The panel is led by Ayo Salami, retired president of the
appeal court.
Umar’s emergence confirms the suspension of Magu as earlier
reported.
Suspensions are usually imposed on chief executives under
probe to avoid interference with investigations.
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
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.
Security operatives searched the residence of Magu in Karu,
federal capital territory (FCT) late Tuesday while his personal belongings were
moved out of his official residence in the Maitama area of the nation’s
capital.
A family source said the security operatives who carried out
the operation found nothing incriminating in the house but they left with some
documents.
Since his arrest, Magu
has spent the nights at area 10 force criminal investigation department
(FCID) of the police in Abuja.
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