The reaction is coming almost 24 hours after the Senate turned down the request of President Muhammadu Buhari for the confirmation of Magu
Author: Emmanuel Leke
This was contained in a statement issued by Falana on Wednesday after the rejection of Manu’s nomination as the substantive chairman of the EFCC by the Senate
President Buhari had in the letter re-nominating Magu cleared the EFCC boss of any wrongdoing
This was disclosed by the Senate spokesman, Abdulahi Sabi, after plenary on Wednesday
Magu said this during his screening by senators for confirmation as the substantive chairman of the EFCC.
The decision was taken after the grilling of Magu by the senators for almost two hours
The screening commenced a few minutes before midday
Ali was invited by the Senate over the controversial motor duty mooted by the NCS
The Senate had earlier in the year secretly approved a $1 billion Eurobond requested by Buhari, also for the financing of the 2016 Budget
On arrival, Magu went straight to the office of the Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang
This is coming on a day Ali had written the Senate to say he would not honor the invitation extended to him to appear at plenary in uniform
The interception followed a tip off, the anti-graft agency said in a statement on Tuesday
He has since been buried according to Islamic rights
The senator, who accused the governor of Kadunna State, Nasir El-rufai, of being the brain behind the raid, accused the DSS of carting away his wrist watches and jewelery belonging to his wife
The Senate had on Tuesday asked the Customs to suspend its planned enforcement of vehicles duty payment and ordered Ali to appear before its Committee on Customs
The decision was taken by the PDP senators after a closed door meeting
A source revealed that members of House of Representatives were angry over the resolution of the Senate to travel to South Africa since the Green Chamber had passed the same resolution before Senate
NAPIMS, which was represented by Engineer Catherine Ngozi Iheme at the budget defence of the agency, said the budget of the agency for 2016 was $168 million
The Director General of the Budget Office, Ben Akabueze, made this known while appearing before the Joint National Assembly Committee on Appropriation
The Customs men were said to have alongside soldiers broken into several shops in the market around 12am