The suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, is asking the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to release him on bail.
Mr Magu, who was arrested on Monday requested to be granted bail through a letter sent on his behalf by one of his legal representatives, Mr Oluwatosin Ojaomo.
In the letter dated July 10,2020, Magu’s lawyer requested the IGP to grant Ibrahim Magu bail “on self-recognisance.”
The letter was copied to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chairman of the Presidential Probe Panel on the activities of the EFCC, Justice Ayo Salami (retd).
It was also copied to the Chairman of Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption, Prof Itsay Sagay (SAN), and the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Investigation, Federal Criminal Investigation Department, Garki, Abuja, where Mr Magu is said to be detained.
The suspended EFCC chairman has been appearing before the Justice Salami-led presidential panel from the police detention since his arrest.
