Senate President, Abubakar Bukola SarakiThe Senate President, Bukola Saraki has said that he personally testify to the uprightness of the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu.
According to Senator Saraki: “as an individual, I have had a personal experience with Magu, where he stood up for what is right.
The Senate President, who presided over the Senate session that twice refused to confirm Magu as substantive chairman of the anti graft agency spoke today, Wednesday at a stakeholders forum organized by the News Agency of Nigeria which was well attended by members of the political class as well as journalists.
Senator Saraki said that when he and some of his colleagues at the 7th Senate were sent to the anti-graft agency to be investigated because they opposed some issues, Magu told him that he would refuse to be used by any head of State to witch-hunt political adversaries.
“I remember during the former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, where because we were fighting some of the issues then, some of us were sent to the EFCC. I remember I was sent to Magu’s office. They were trying to get him to investigate something of 10 years, 12 years ago; I remember Magu said nobody was going to use him.”
The Senate president, who did not give more details, praised Magu for doing the “right thing.”[myad]
