The Presidency on Saturday morning refused to deny reports that Mr Ibrahim Magu, embattled Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been removed from office.

Reacting to the news broken by The Guardian and amplified by News Express, among other online media, Presidential Spokesman Garba Shehu wrote on his Facebook Page: “We are reading reports that the EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu has been sacked. No report has been made available to the Presidency by the Attorney General of the federation over the matter. The report of his sack is therefore speculative and preemptive.”

EFCC Spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, however, denied the reports, replying “Not true” in response to an sms enquiry by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday morning.

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