Magu spends fourth night in detention as panel continues interrogation

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Mr Magu has been accused of corruption and insubordination by the AGF.

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The embattled chairman of the anti-graft agency, EFCC, spent his fourth night in detention on Thursday.He is facing a probe panel set up by President Muhammadu over allegations of corruption and insubordination. The panel, headed by a retired appeal court judge, Ayo Salami, also has representatives of the major security agencies, police and the SSS, as members.

Government officials including presidential spokespersons have also been reluctant to speak officially on the status of the investigation and of Mr Magu. PREMIUM TIMES learnt from sources close to Mr Magu that he is allowed to see his family at the Area 10 police building in Abuja where he is detained and sleeps at one of its waiting rooms.

At the EFCC headquarters in Abuja, Mr Olukoyede and the commission’s director of operations, Mohammed Umar, continue to supervise the agency, with neither of them being formally appointed as acting head of the agency yet.However, based on Section 2 of the EFCC Act, the most-senior EFCC official next to Mr Magu ”with 15 years experience as a security operative” is expected to take charge as the head of the commission.

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