Magu suspended as EFCC acting chairman

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended Ibrahim Magu as Acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,

Magu had spent the night in a police cell at the Headquarters of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) in Abuja.

This comes after a six-hour grilling by a presidential panel, chaired by Justice Ayo Salami, a former president of the Appeal Court.

Buhari set up the panel to probe various allegations levelled against Magu, following a petition by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Department of State Service (DSS).