Magu never paid Falana N28m

Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), was not paid N28 million or any sum to handle any case by the suspended Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman Ibrahim Magu.

The rights crusader was also never prosecuted any case for the commission.

This is contrary to a report with the headline: More trouble for Magu as new facts on re-looting of recovered funds emerge, published on The Nation website on Saturday.

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The story was reportedly picked from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

Apologising to Falana, The Nation said, “We agree that the report imputed against Falana was false, and on realising that, we took the story down.”

“We regret the damage the story would have caused him and apologise unreservedly to him.”