WorldStage Newsonline– While the Department of State Services (DSS) has denied reports that it arrested Mr Ibrahim MAGU, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the
Commission spokesman also stated that he was only invited by a “presidential panel reviewing the activities of the EFCC”
Dr Peter Afunanya, DSS spokesman disclosed said the refutal followed media reports of such action by the service early Monday.
Magu was alleged to have been whisked away from the EFCC headquarters in Abuja by operatives of the DSS.
Afunnanya said: “The 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 Department of State Services (DSS) The Service, has since, today, 6th July, 2020, been inundated with enquiries over the alleged arrest,” he said.
Similarly, EFCC spokesman Mr Dele Oyewale explained that Magu honoured the invitation voluntarily at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
He added that the the EFCC boss got the invitation while on his way to the Force Headquarters, Abuja, for a meeting.
“The EFCC’s boss was neither arrested nor forced to honour the invitation. A member of a legal team from the EFCC is also with him on the panel,“ he said.
The EFCC’s reaction came shortly after the Department of State Services (DSS), which is reported to have arrested Magu, also dismissed the arrest rumour by some online news sites.
“The DSS wishes to inform the public that it did not arrest Ibrahim Magu as reported by sections of the media,” DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, said in a statement.
