Director of Operations at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mohammed Umar, has been named acting chairman of the anti-graft agency.
According to News Agency of Nigeria, a top official of the commission confirmed that Umar has taken charge of the agency in the absence of Ibrahim Magu.
Magu was invited on Monday to the Presidential Villa in Abuja where he has been grilled by Justice Ayo Salami-led panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to probe EFCC’s activities under Magu.
Magu’s problems began when a memo by Abubakar Malami, Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice accused him of corruption.
Magu was also accused of mishandling recovered loot and selling seized assets to associates.
He was also accused of also not subjecting himself to the supervision of the office of the Attorney General of the Federation.
Chronicle Ng had reported that on Tuesday security operatives searched his residence in Karu as well as his official residence in Maitama both in the Federal Capital Territory.
A family source said the security operatives who carried out the operation found nothing incriminating in the house but they left with some documents.
Magu was subsequently arrested and has spent the nights at Area 10 Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) of the police in Abuja.
