The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
Ibrahim Magu, has denied owning houses in the Maitama area of Abuja.
Magu was quoted as saying this in a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, on Monday.
The
statement was in reaction to a report captioned, ‘Magu under fresh
probe over two Abuja mansions’ which was published by a national
newspaper on Sunday.
The EFCC boss dismissed the story as a work
of fiction and threatened to take legal action against the newspaper and
the authors of the story.
The report claimed that Magu is being
probed regarding the ownership of two mansions in the Maitama area of
Abuja allegedly linked to his wife.
The
newspaper claimed that “the houses being investigated are located in
Danube Street, Maitama and Missouri Street, off Colorado Close,
Ministers Hill.” It added that the two houses were bought last year.
Magu stated that neither himself nor his wife own any property in Maitama.
The EFCC boss urged Nigerians to disregard the report as false and designed by the authors to achieve motives that are obvious.
He
said, “I don’t have any mansion anywhere in Maitama. Would I have two
mansions in Abuja yet choose to live in a rented apartment in the same
community?
“This is another calculated attempt to smear my
reputation. They may have got away with such false reports in the past
but I will not let this go unchallenged. I have already briefed my
lawyers to institute legal action against the newspaper.”
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