The Nigerian Senate has put to a lie, media report that it refused to confirm the appointment of the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu.
The Senate leader, Mohammed Ali Ndume who spoke to news men shortly after he had a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said that the Senate only stepped down Magu’s screening last Thursday “pending when security issues concerning him are cleared”.
He said that the Nigerian Senate would confer with Buhari on his next line of action on Magu in view of the security report against him, saying also that the Senate had not indicted the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir David Lawal, of abuse of office.
The Borno Senator said that investigation by the Senate on the SGF is still ongoing even as he advised Nigerians to stop making premature conclusions. [myad]
