Ibrahim Magu, Suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was questioned on Wednesday July 8 and asked to account for 380 houses and seven ships loaded with crude oil.
He was also grilled by Justice Ayo Salami-led Presidential panel on disposal of properties worth N37 billion. The charges have reportedly been raised against him by the Federation’s Attorney General and Justice Minister Abubakar Malami (SAN).
Vanguard claimed that after his arrest by detectives in Abuja, the panel started quizzing Magu on Monday. He was grilled on Tuesday at cash discrepancies reported to be N539bn realized from the selling of confiscated properties and N504bn declared by commission.
On the ground floor of the Federal Criminal Investigation Department, FCID, Area 10, Abuja the suspended acting chairman of the anti-graft agency was grilled and it was also discovered that the AGF raised about 20 charges against him.
A presidential source told the publication that the anti-graft boss was being investigated to give him the opportunity to clear himself of the weighty charges. Magu ‘s lawyer reportedly joined him as he was being interrogated by the panel.