Ibrahim Magu Suspended As Acting EFCC Chairman

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),
Ibrahim Magu, has been suspended by the Presidency.

Magu was arrested on Monday by a combined team of Department of State
Services personnel and policemen at the Wuse II office of the EFCC to
face an interagency committee investigating corruption allegations
against him.

He was detained at the FCID in Area 10, Abuja, on Monday night on the
orders of the committee that also questioned him on Tuesday morning.

A source in the Presidency confirmed the development Tuesday afternoon
that Magu has now been suspended pending when a decision will be taken
on him.