Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, on Saturday distributed various food items at two internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps in Abuja.
The gesture comes on the day the Presidency denied media report that Mr Magu had been sacked as boss of the anti-graft agency.
Speaking during the charity drive, Magu has told persons displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast not to be demoralised by their present predicament but to remain strong, adding that there will soon be an end to their travail.
“I am aware that most of you never expected that you will find yourselves in this predicament. There are things we as human beings cannot change. But whatever situation we find ourselves, we can make the most of it. That is the reason I am here today to tell you that I feel your pains and to celebrate this special season with you,” Magu said.
He urged the IDPs to be disciplined and stay out of crime, assuring them that the government was determined to bring an end to their suffering.
He said with peace gradually returning to the North East, it would not be long before they return to the comfort of their homes.
The EFCC boss distributed items to thousands of IDPs at the Kuchingoro and Area 1 camps in Abuja.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of Magu as EFCC chairman was recently rejected by the Senate over allegation of graft levelled against him by the Department of State Security Service (DSS).
