Mr. Ibrahim Magu, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied knowing and associating with ex-Governor Godswill Akpabio’s brother, Mr. Ibanga Akpabio… “The commission wishes to state that the claims in this tape especially as it affects Mr. Magu are patently false. The EFCC boss has never met Ibanga Akpabio all his life and could not have been party to any violent scheme to settle unknown political scores in Akwa Ibom State.”

“Indeed, if Magu were Akpabio’s Man-Friday as he would have his ‘friend’ believe, he would not today be a suspect answering to charges of fraud before the commission. Members of the public are therefore enjoined to disregard the recorded conversation as plain braggadocio.”