Inspector-general of police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has ordered withdrawal of policemen attached to Mr Ibrahim Magu, former acting chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

A police source disclosed this to journalists on Friday, saying officers guarding the official and personal houses of Magu have been withdrawn.

In a signal to the assistant inspector general (AIG), police mobile force (PMF), PMF squadrons one to 79, force secretary, Adamu directed redeployment of the mobile policemen at EFCC.

While ordering those withdrawn to report at the force headquarters in Abuja on Monday morning, IGP said only staff of EFCC should be allowed access into the commission’s premises.

The development comes hours after Magu, who is being probed by a presidential panel, asked  IGP for bail.

Magu was arrested on Monday and whisked to the presidential villa in Abuja where he was grilled by the panel headed by Mr Ayo Salami, a retired president of the appeal court.

The Cable