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DSS denies arresting Magu

The Department of State Security (DSS) has denied arresting the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu,
In a statement made signed by its spokesperson, Peter Afunanya (Phd.) on Monday afternoon, denied the reports.
“The Department of State Services (DSS) wishes to inform the public that it did not arrest Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as has been reported by sections of the media.”
“The Service, has since, today, 6th July, 2020, been inundated with enquiries over the alleged arrest.”, the statement said
A source, however, said that DSS might not have been responsible for his arrest but that Magu was actually arrested and that the security agents who arrested Magu took him directly to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he was said to have appeared before a presidential panel sitting at the Banquet Hall of the villa.
The panel is investigating allegations of corruption and insubordination levelled against him by the Attorney-General of the Federation. Abubakar Malami