The federal government has directed intelligence agencies to mount surveillance on the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and its offices nationwide.
According to Thisday, that senior investigators of the agency close to Magu, known as “Magu Boys,” are being treated as “persons of interest,” whose movements have been restricted.
Some of the affected operatives are said to have appeared before the panel while others await their turn.
More of those officials yesterday appeared before the Justice Ayo Salami-led presidential panel investigating the 21-point allegation of corruption and insubordination levelled against Magu by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami.
Magu has been in police custody since Monday last week.
Investigation revealed that Magu’s office was searched after the code that opens the office, which is only known to Magu and one other official was extracted from him.
Intelligence operatives were also said to have been deployed in the headquarters of the commission to monitor movements of persons in and out of the commission, notably directors and investigators and others who worked on cases under Magu.
Magu’s stand-in, Mr. Umar Mohammed, has been briefed about the development while the “persons of interest” log in and log out daily under supervision.
As the investigation widened, other offices of the commission across the country were placed under intelligence surveillance as applicable to the headquarters.
Security and intelligence sources confirmed that major targets of investigation under Magu and other associates have been placed under watch.
