Leave Sagay alone – Muslim group warns Senate

The Muslims Rights Concern has warned the Nigerian senate to stop harassing Prof, Itsay Sagay, chairman of the Presidential Action Committee on Anti-Corruption and instead they (the Senate) should stick to their business of legislation.
The group stated this on Monday in a statement it issued to the press stressing that the senate should not distract the attention of Nigerians and concentrate on the task at hand
The Eagle online reports that Sagay stepped into the Senate crosshairs last week when he stated that Senators earn N29 million a month and over N3 billion a year and the Senate in response blasted the chairman and called on President Muhammed Buhari to call him to order.
While condemning the attack on Sagay by the senate, the group lamented that the senate has a terrible antecedent with the crusade against corruption and that most anti-corruption bills the senate claim to have passed were even belated.
It said: “Nigerians have noticed Senate’s unwillingness to join the fight against corruption from inception. We refuse to be hoodwinked. We have not forgotten how Senate attempted to buy immunity from prosecution for its members until public outcry forced it to withdraw the obnoxious, anti-people and corruption-laden bill.
Nigerians also know the history of this eighth Senate. The masses know the subterfuge, the hanky-panky and the pseudo-coup that preceded its inauguration. This segment of Nigeria’s political history has not fallen victim of the general amnesia.
Senate cites its passing of the Whistle Blowers’ Protection Bill, Witness Protection Bill, Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Bill and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Agency Bill as evidence of its support for the current war against corruption but fails to tell the world the time these bills were passed. Tell us the dates if, indeed, you are sincere. We put it to Senate that those bills were passed belatedly after prolonged delays.”
It also cited the unwillingness of the senate to approve the chairmanship of Ibrahim Magu as a clog in the wheel in the fight against corruption and that maybe a testament to the fact that many of the senators are afraid of their position if Magu is confirmed chairman.
The group further urged the president Buhari not to listen to the appeal of the senate to call him to order stating that, Sagay his doing a good job and he should be left alone to continue.