Counsel for Magu, Mr Tosin Ojaomo, on Saturday, expressed confidence that his client would be released from detention on Monday.

Ojaomo told Sunday PUNCH that he had met Magu at the detention facility at the Force Criminal Investigation Department in Garki Area 10, in Abuja, and had a client-lawyer interview with him for about an hour on Saturday.

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He had on Friday applied to the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to release Magu on bail.

Ojaomo said, “Magu is not on trial. He has been appearing before the panel which is just a fact-finding panel. Our only concern is that he is in detention. We strongly believe that he will be released on Monday unfailingly.

“Our application for bail is receiving attention. Those celebrating that Magu is gone should be ready to face more crisis as long as they continue to partake in corruption.”

Ojaomo told our correspondent on Saturday that Magu, whom he reportedly met in high spirits, denied Malami’s allegations during their client-lawyer interview session at the FCID facility on Saturday.

The lawyer added, “He told me the allegations are frivolous, vexatious and are all concocted to blackmail him and subject him to public ridicule and opprobrium, nothing more. I am more confident now. If a man is innocent, he will not be shaken. He is not bothered. He is waiting for his name to be cleared so he can fight the more. Magu is coming back. Magu has not done anything wrong.”

The lawyer said the allegations raised by the AGF had been responded to, adding that his client had not been allowed to be represented by a lawyer at the panel.