The policemen attached to Ibrahim Magu, the suspended boss of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, EFCC has been withdrawn by the Inspector General of Police (IGP).
In a signal to the assistant inspector general (AIG), police mobile force (PMF), PMF squadrons one to 79, force secretary, Adamu directed the redeployment of the mobile policemen at the EFCC.
The Cable reported that While ordering those withdrawn to report at the force headquarters in Abuja on Monday morning, the IGP said only the staff of EFCC should be allowed access into the commission’s premises.
This development comes hours after Magu, who is being probed by a presidential panel, asked the IGP for bail.
On Monday, Magu was arrested and taken to the presidential villa in Abuja over alleged mishandling of recovered loots and seized assets.
Upon his arrest, he was grilled by the panel headed by Ayo Salami, a retired president of the appeal court.
Magu was also said to refused to subject himself to the supervision of the office of the attorney-general.
He was later moved to area 10 force criminal investigation department (FCID) of the police in Abuja where he has been spending the night since Monday.
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