Days
after the Senate's initial stance, the Senate Leader has said the upper
chamber did not reject Ibrahim Magu as the substantive chairman of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Senate leader, Ali Ndume
Speaking after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the
Presidential Villa on Monday, Nigerian Senate Leader, Ali Ndume,
disclosed that the upper chamber did not reject Ibrahim Magu as
substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC).
Recall that we reported last week
that the spokesperson for the Senate, Abdullahi Sabi, announced at a
press conference that Magu’s nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari as
EFCC chairman had been rejected by the lawmakers.
“The Senate wishes to inform the public that based on available
security report, the Senate cannot proceed with the confirmation of
Ibrahim Magu as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission.
“The nomination of Ibrahim Magu is hereby rejected and has been returned to the President for further action,” Abdullahi had said.
But Ali Ndume on Monday, gave a contradictory position, stressing that the Senate had not rejected Magu’s nomination. “We did not reject Ibrahim Magu as EFCC Chairman,” Ndume said, adding that even if Magu will be rejected, it would not come from the red chamber.
Ndume who revealed further that Magu’s confirmation was put on hold
because of a security report from the Department of State Services
(DSS), added that the senate was awaiting the advice of President
Muhammadu Buhari on the issue, and on whether to proceed with the
confirmation.
“Let me say categorically that the senate did not reject
Ibrahim Magu. What happened was that when we selected his confirmation
for Thursday, we had an issue or a letter from the Department of State
Security (DSS) that could not allow us to continue with the confirmation
without further clarifications,” he said.
“So, we now concluded that since we had a letter that we could
not ignore. So, it was not that we sat down to take a decision that we
had rejected Magu. So, I want that to come out clearly.
“We specifically asked the chairman on media to issue a
statement. What we said was that on that Thursday the senate could not
go ahead with the confirmation of Mr. Ibrahim Magu and that we are in
possession of a letter from the Department of State Service which
requires clarification from Mr. President, who is the head of the
government. That was what happened.
“Even if the rejection is going to come, it is not going to come from the senate because we have not done anything anyway.”
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