The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has directed the immediate withdrawal of all police officers from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and former acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu.
Adamu also ordered that they should be replaced with new ones.
This directive was contained in a signal on Friday, addressed to the Assistant Inspector-General, Police Mobile Force Squadrons one to 79, the Force Secretary and Commissioners of Police of all the state commands and the Federal Capital Territory.
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It read: “Only staff of EFCC should be allowed access into the premises, while withdrawn police personnel from PMF 21, 44, 45, 46 and 50 must report to the Force Headquarters by 8 am on Monday.”
It was also understood that police security guarding the official and personal houses of the suspended acting EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, have been withdrawn.
They were ordered to leave the residences in Abuja on Friday.
Anaedoonline.com reports that Magu had written to the IG requesting bail on “self recognizance”.
Suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has written a letter to the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, asking for bail on self recognizance.
He requested for bail through a letter sent on his behalf by one of his lawyers, Oluwatosin Ojaomo, to the police chief on Friday, July 10.
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