The Presidency has reacted to reports that it has confirmed the sack of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC’s Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu.
In a statement issued today, Saturday, December 31, 2016, the president through his spokesman, Garba Shehu, wrote on his Twitter page:
1. We are reading reports that the @officialEFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu has been sacked.
— Garba Shehu ?? (@GarShehu) December 31, 2016
2. No report has been made available to the Presidency by the Attorney General of the federation over the matter.
— Garba Shehu ?? (@GarShehu) December 31, 2016
3. The report of his sack is therefore speculative and preemptive.
— Garba Shehu ?? (@GarShehu) December 31, 2016
The media report regarding Ibrahim Magu’s sack came after he was rejected for the post of the anti-graft agency’s head by the Nigerian senate and his subsequent redeployment to the Nigerian Police Force, NPF.