Presidential Spokesman Commends Buhari On Magu Investigation

The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has commended his boss for investigating of the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu.

Speaking during Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme, Adesina said Magu’s invitation by the Justice Ayo Salami-led Presidential panel was in his best interest.

He said it is another credit to President Buhari’s administration.

The suspended EFCC boss was arrested on Monday, July 6, 2020, over corruption allegations levied against him by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami.

The president’s spokesperson, however, maintained that Magu was only invited to tell his side of the story, adding that the investigation was a credit President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. 

“I can tell you on authority that before this became a public issue, the panel had been sitting for weeks and when the panel established some grounds for Mr Magu to be invited, the President then gave approval for him to be invited and he was invited and he came,” he said.