Breaking: Magu Vows To Arrest Ekpeyong, Oke

Following the face-off between operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and those of the State Security Services and National Intelligence Agency, the EFCC chairman, Ibrahim Magu has promised that the former heads of the security agencies will be arrested.

Magu, who made the pledge on Wednesday, in Abuja, said there is no going back on the plan to arrest the duo.

“We are not discouraged at all. The law must take its course, nobody is above the law,” he said.

Recall that men of the DSS had resisted the attempt by the EFCC to arrest the former Directors General of the NIA, Mr Ayo Oke, and the SSS, Ita Ekpeyong, at their Abuja residences.

Magu who emphasized that “Nobody is above the law,” explained further that the agency does not just go for an arrest except there are cogent reasons to arrest an accused.

“There are must be reasons, strong reasons before we go for an arrest. Never, Never, I am not discouraged at all. Rather, it energise me to do more and I am telling you, nobody is above the law,” Magu said.

The planned arrest of Mr. Ekpeyong follows his alleged involvement in the arms deal scandal while Mr. Oke was recently sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari over the N13 billion found in an Ikoyi, Lagos apartment, said to belong to the NIA.