Following reports of the arrest of the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC), the Department of State Services (DSS) has said that it did not arrest Ibrahim Magu.

In a statement released on Monday, the Service’s Public Relations Officer, Peter Afunanya, reputed the speculation.

According to him, the DSS has since been inundated with inquiries over the reported arrest of Magu, stressing that the service has no connection with the incident.

Afunanya issued the statement  following report that the acting chairman of the anti-graft agency had been arrested by DSS officials in Abuja.

When contacted, Magu’s S.A. on Media, Tony Amokeodo, told Channels Television that his boss was not arrested but only invited to answer questions regarding some allegations against the agency.

According to him, that Magu was invited to appear before a Federal Government panel set up to investigate the allegations of corruption levelled against him.

“The panel is sitting at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, ” Amokeodo said.