Suspended EFCC Boss Speaks After His Release From Detention

The suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has reacted strongly to the allegations leveled against him.

Grassroots.ng understands that Magu was released Wednesday, 10 days after he was arrested up by the Department of State Services (DSS), to face the Justice Ayo Salami-led Presidential panel over allegations of embezzlement and corruption.

Granting his first interview, he described the allegations against as nonsense.

He said: “They are nonsense. They are mere trump up allegations to tarnish my image and that of the EFCC. I did not steal or divert or convert funds to private use. I read the allegations and I was shocked.

“What I have gone through is a case of dog eats dog but I see it as one of those risks of the job… we must not give up in any way,” Magu said.

He also thanked Nigerians for their support and vowed that “whether I am EFCC Chairman or not, the anti-corruption war must continue.”