By our reporter| Embattled suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu will spend his second night at the area 10 force criminal investigation department (FCID) of the police in Abuja.
Magu was detained for a second day after answering questions from the panel for over five hours on Tuesday, and was taken into custody again at about 7pm.
The anti-crime Czar was arrested on Monday and taken to the presidential villa in Abuja where the panel set up to probe the commission has been sitting.
A source familiar with EFCC matters said on Tuesday, Magu went to the panel with documents to prove that Malami’s allegations were false but surprisingly he has not been questioned along that line.
He said, “He went to the panel with many documents. He has a lot of files on him to respond to the allegations. Surprisingly, the panel has not asked him any question on the issues raised against him.”
Meanwhile, some policemen attached to the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department on Tuesday searched the home of the suspended EFCC boss.
According to police sources, police and DSS officers searched Magu’s house located on Abduljalil Street, Karu Site, on the outskirts of Abuja, for several hours and made away with vital documents.
The source said, “On Tuesday evening, a team of policemen were at the home of Magu in Karu. That is the house where Magu used to live before he moved to Maitama after his appointment as EFCC chairman.
“The policemen made away with some items and everything will be processed as investigations continue.”
“As the panel makes it findings and establishes certain allegations, the police will continue to open investigations. We were told that he had bought some properties, so one of the reasons we searched the Karu home was that we wanted to lay our hands on some of these documents. We have been able to make some findings.”
A family source, however, said operatives who carried out the operation found nothing incriminating in the house.
Some of his aides had earlier moved his personal belongings out of his official residence in the Maitama area of Abuja.
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), had asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack Magu over some “weighty” allegations.
The Presidency on Tuesday said that the ongoing investigation of the suspended EFCC boss is to afford him the opportunity to defend himself against some weighty allegations levelled against him.
A presidency source maintained that the ongoing interrogation of Magu is to clear him of weighty allegations leveled against him.
The source also stated that the probe of the anti-graft boss was an affirmation that nobody under “the present administration is above scrutiny’’.
According to the source, the Buhari administration will not prejudge anyone because it can be counted on to uphold justice and fairness.
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