Suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has been released from police custody after 10 days in detention.
Magu’s lawyer, Wahab Shittu, confirmed the release of his client by the Presidential Investigate Panel.
He was arrested last week Monday and has been detained by the police since then.
He has been appearing before a presidential panel investigating allegations of corruption and insubordination levelled against him by Abubakar Malami, Nigeria’s justice minister.
During his detention, Magu spent the night at Area 10, force criminal investigation department (FCID) of the police in Abuja.
His personal and official residences in Abuja were searched while his security aides were withdrawn.
He had earlier written to Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police, to demand bail but the IGP asked him to redirect his request to the Ayo Salami panel for appropriate attention.
Magu was probed for many allegations, He was alleged to have purchased a property in Dubai, United Arab Emirate using a pastor as a conduit. He was also alleged to have laundered over N500 billion through a bureau-de-change in Kaduna, missing EFCC files, Expensive air travels, among others.
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