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Security Operatives Halt Barrister Giwa’s Testimony At Panel Probing Magu

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Security agents on Wednesday whisked away an Abuja based lawyer, Barrister Victor Giwa and a lady while testifying before the retired Justice Ayo Salami-led Presidential Panel inside Aso Villa.

Naija News reports that they were testifying in the ongoing probe of suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu.

The two were taken away to prevent them from further testifying before the panel, which has been accused of bias against Magu.

Recall that Giwa had revealed how he was employed to implicate the suspended EFCC chairman.

Speaking on the new revelation via a letter dated August 15 and addressed to the presidential committee, Giwa alleged that a businessman identified as Donald Wokoma of Damijay Integrated Services Limited had made a desperate move to lure him to nail the suspended acting EFCC chairman.

I, Victor Giwa, request to provide additional information to state that the said information and petition was borne out of a desperate move of Donald Wokoms to lure me into indicting the Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu of the EFCC, with a promise that his money will be released,” Giwa said.

“My refusal was what has led to the presentation of an audio recording of client-lawyer conversation which is privilege information.

This online news platform had earlier reported that Wokoma played a tape recording before the Justice Salami-led Presidential Probe Panel on how some operatives of the EFCC, under the leadership of Ibrahim Magu used a lawyer to demand bribery of N75m to be paid into different accounts.

George Oshogwe Ogbolu is a Digital Media Strategist | Content Writer | Journalist | New Media Influencer | Proofreader and Editor at Naija News.