The Nigerian Senate has rejected the nomination of acting
chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim
Magu as the right man for the full-time job.
The Senate's decision to reject Magu followed a
report from the Department of State Services (DSS) which again
disqualified the EFCC chief based on his failure of an integrity test by
the secret police. The acting EFCC boss looked to be doing well during his screening for the position at the Nigerian Senate on
Wednesday, March 15 when Senator Dino Melaye revealed that the upper
house of legislature had received a letter saying Magu was not qualified
for the job because he failed integrity test. by the secret police.
Melaye said two reports from the DSS were released yesterday on Ibrahim Magu and they all indicted Magu. Melaye read Paragraph 14 of the DSS letter on Magu which stated: “In
the light of the foregoing, Magu has failed the integrity test and will
eventually constitute a liability to the anti-corruption stand of the
current government.”
Replying Melaye, Magu slammed the DSS saying that
the organisation had shown it had a problem when it released two
different reports on him to the Senate late last year.
“What do you say about credibility of that agency?” he queried.
The Clerk of the House however denied that Senate received two letters from the DSS.According to him, what was received was a letter on October 3, 2016. The
Senate, he said, requested that the DSS re-confirm its integrity report
on Magu. This was what was received on Wednesday and to which Melaye
referred during questioning of Magu.
To some
Nigerians, Magu's rejection by the Senate again shows that some powerful
forces are at play against the acting chief of the anti-corruption
agency. They are however adamant that Magu remains the right man for the
job. Others simply argue that if he had impressed the Senate during screening as he should, he would have been confirmed.
Source: Naij.com
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