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How DSS ambushed Ibrahim Magu, arrested him in traffic
BY NICHOLAS ABE
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has been reportedly arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS).
Magu was said to have been arrested in traffic on Monday afternoon while leaving the Wuse II Annex of the EFCC office in Abuja, over allegations that he was tampering with the money recovered by the commission from suspected looters.
It was learnt that Magu’s security details put up a stiff resistance but he was eventually taken away to the DSS Headquarters on Aso Drive, where he was said to be undergoing interrogation.
Magu’s arrest is coming barely two weeks after the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, reported him in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, indicting him of discrepancies in figures of recovered looted funds among other issues.
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Malami subsequently advised the president to relieve Magu of his appointment.
Magu has been in acting capacity since the National Assembly twice refused to confirm his nomination to head the anti-graft agency, after the president sent his name to the federal lawmakers on both occasions.