The director of operations at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Mohammed Umar has been named acting chairman of the anti-graft agency
According to NAN, a top official of the commission confirmed that Umar had taken charge of the agency in the absence of the embattled erstwhile acting chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu who is enmeshed in corruption and is being investigated by a panel.
In operational hierarchy and by convention, the director of operations is next to the chairman.
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.
The panel is led by a retired president of the Court of Appeal, Mr. Ayo Salami.
Suspension is usually imposed on chief executives under probe to avoid interference with investigations.
Magu’s travails followed a memo by the attorney general of the federation and minister of justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami in which the suspended EFCC chairman 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.
Security operatives searched Magu’s residence 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’s capital.
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.
With TheCable report
