EFCC: Why Magu was arrested – SERAP

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has expressed concerns over the arrest of acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu.

SERAP said that Magu might have been arrested due to a “power-play at the highest levels of government”.

The EFCC boss is still being detained in police custody on the orders of a presidential panel probing alleged infractions against him.

On Tuesday, SERAP’s Deputy Director Kolawole Oluwadare, said: “The reported statement by a member of PACAC seems to suggest that Magu’s arrest may be politically motivated and aims to undermine the independence and freedom of action of the EFCC”.

The body check said if true, it would make a mockery of President Muhammadu Buhari’s often-repeated commitment to fight grand corruption and the impunity of perpetrators