EFCC: Why we removed Magu as acting chairman

The Economic and FinancialCrimes Commission (EFCC)has reacted to speculation that Ibrahim Magu would be removed as the acting chairman of the anti-graft agency.

In a tweet sent out from its official handle on Tuesday morning, the commission insisted “there is no change of guards”.



The update read:

“#Alert: Forthe avoidance of any doubt, there is no “change of guards” at the EFCC. Ibrahim Magu remains the acting EFCC Chairman.

“Purveyors of #fakenews concerning the EFCC are hereby warned to desist from such mischief as the anti-graft agency remains committed to its mission.”

Yesterday, the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption, PACAC, Prof. Itse Sagay, alsodismissed speculations that Magu has been ​sacked.His ‘removal​’ has been a subject of debate in the last few days, following thedeclaration by the Nigerian Senatethat it he is not regarded as EFCC chairman.