{"id":5767,"date":"2020-07-09T05:11:04","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T05:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=5767"},"modified":"2020-07-09T05:17:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T05:17:52","slug":"umar-replaces-magu-now-acting-chairman-efcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=5767","title":{"rendered":"Umar Replaces Magu, Now\u00a0 Acting Chairman\u00a0 EFCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Umar Replaces Magu, Now\u00a0 Acting Chairman\u00a0 EFCC<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Mohammed Umar, Director of Operations at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been named Acting Chairman of the agency. <\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>According to NAN, a top official of the commission confirmed that Umar has taken charge of the agency in the absence of Ibrahim Magu.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Magu was arrested on Monday and whisked to the presidential villa in Abuja where he was grilled by a panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the EFCC.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>The panel is led by Ayo Salami, retired president of the appeal court. Umar\u2019s emergence confirms the suspension of Magu as earlier reported by TheCable. Suspensions are usually imposed on chief executives under probe to avoid interference with investigations.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Magu\u2019s travails followed a memo by Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), in which the suspended anti-graft czar was accused of grave malfeasance. He was alleged to have mishandled the recovered loot and selling seized assets to associates. He was also alleged to have refused to subject himself to the supervision of the office of the Attorney-general. <\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Security operatives searched the residence of Magu in Karu, federal capital territory (FCT) late Tuesday while his personal belongings were moved out of his official residence in the Maitama area of the nation\u2019s capital.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>A family source said the security operatives who carried out the operation found nothing incriminating in the house but they left with some documents. Since his arrest, Magu has spent the nights at area 10 force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) of the police in Abuja.<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Umar Replaces Magu, Now\u00a0 Acting Chairman\u00a0 EFCC Mohammed Umar, Director of Operations at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been named Acting Chairman of the agency. According to NAN, a top official of the commission confirmed that Umar has taken charge of the agency in the absence of Ibrahim Magu. 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