…as suspended commission’s boss’ grilling enters seventh day
Four unit heads of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, submitted some documents to the Justice Ayo Salami-led Presidential Panel investigating corruption allegations against suspended acting Chairman of the of the anti-graft agency, Ibrahim Magu.
The unit heads first appeared before the panel last week with the panel giving them a seven-day ultimatum within which to make available the records of all seized assets and cash transactions of the anti-graft agency since 2015, when Magu was appointed acting chairman.
The EFCC senior officials were said to have presented some of the documents to the panel on Tuesday, even as Magu’s grilling continued for the seventh day running over allegations bordering on abuse of office and corrupt practices perpetrated in the past five years.
Magu, however, appeared on Tuesday before the panel sitting at the old banquet hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, in company with his lawyer.
The embattled acting EFCC boss has for seven days running been answering questions on the 21 corruption allegations brought against him by Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami.
President Muhammadu Buhari approved Magu’s suspension three days after his arrest in Abuja.
The Justice Salami-led panel began sitting three weeks ago, but was only able to compel Magu to appear before it last week.
The suspended acting EFCC boss has been detained since his arrest while the agency’s Director of Operations, Umar Mohammed, has been directed by the Presidency to take charge of the commission in acting capacity.
Magu is currently being held at the Force Criminal Investigation Bureau, Area 10, Abuja. He is brought to the venue of the panel’s sitting and returned to police custody everyday.