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‘Our Decision Immediately Sacks Ibrahim Magu From EFCC’ – Senate Spokesperson

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The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 said that its rejection of Ibrahim Magu as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, means that he has lost his acting capacity.

This means that Mr. Magu must immediately vacate the office and President Muhammadu Buhari needs to appoint a new person to lead the anti-graft agency.

Abdulahi Sabi, the spokesperson for the Senate made this disclosure after the plenary session on Wednesday which say the rejection of the controversial EFCC acting chairman on grounds of abuse of human rights and corruption report by the country’s secret police.

Sabi said some senators who were backing Magu’s confirmation backed out because of his poor performance during plenary. He was asked 9 questions and he failed to answer them satisfactorily.

He insisted that the report of the State Security Services, the SSS, also called DSS, nailed the anti-graft boss because he failed the integrity test.

“The rejection of Magu by the Senate signifies that he cannot continue in acting capacity,” Senator Sabi said.

This is the second time the Senate is rejecting Magu as the boss of the power anti-graft agency. In December 2016, his appointment was rejected by the upper legislative chamber based on a report by the State Security Services, SSS, also  known as DSS.

The same report was reaffirmed by the DSS in a letter to the Senate on March 14, 2017.

The confirmation of Ibrahim Magu was sent to a vote and majority of the senators, a bi-partisan crowd, rejected his appointment on account of human rights abuses and corruption allegations against Magu.

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