House of Reps order the arrest of EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant against the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, for refusing to appear before it.

The committee had, several times, invited Magu to appear before it on a petition by former first lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan.

It said that Magu should be arrested and presented before it on November 7, after his failure to appear before the panel despite several invitations.

Mrs. Jonathan had some of her accounts frozen by some banks following an investigation launched by the EFCC; but a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos ordered that all her bank accounts should be unfrozen.

The former first lady consequently sent a petition to the House against the EFCC, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, among others, alleging harassment from them.

At the continuation of sitting on the petition in Abuja, the committee, which gave Magu up to October 4 to appear, lamented that the EFCC chairman was nonchalant concerning the matter.

NAN