The reaction is coming almost 24 hours after the Senate turned down the request of President Muhammadu Buhari for the confirmation of Magu
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The NCYN said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by its Secretary, Yunana Jacob
Magu listed the obstacles on his path to include the report indicting him by the Department of State Services and his non-confirmation by the Senate
The major plank for the disqualification of Magu was an indicting letter by the Department of State Services, which accused the acting chairman of the EFCC of several wrongdoings
Ademola and his wife, Olabowale, as well as Joe Agi (SAN), are standing trial on an 18-count charge before Justice Jude Okeke
Governor Fayose wondered why all the adultery allegations and blackmail against Apostle Suleman surfaced only after he spoke out against the reckless and indiscriminate killing of Christians in Southern Kaduna and his subsequent encounter with the Department of State Services
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 alleged masterminds – Aminu Ogwuche, Adamu Yusuf, Anas Isah, Yau Saidu, Muhammadu Ishaq and Ahmed Abubakar – were arraigned by the Department of State Services at the Federal High Court, Abuja in 2014
The screening date was announced on Tuesday at the Senate plenary
The Public Relations Officer of the NCS, Jerry Attah, said this on Friday in Lagos
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
They were accused of conspiring to kill the cleric; his wife, Umma Abdul-Bari Albani; and his 18-year-old son, Abdullahi Albani, on February 1, 2014
Kanu, the Director of Radio Biafra and leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, is suing the Federal Government for alleged illegal detention
Falana spoke with newsmen on Saturday in Abuja after securing the release of Akor from police custody
The group said the redeployment of former Commissioner of Police in Kogi State, Abdullah Chaffe, an indigene of Katsina State, to Ekiti State must have been done with some sinister political undertone
When the case came up for hearing on Thursday, the DSS counsel neither sent a representative nor gave reason for his absence
Chibueze, the Vampire, was the criminal spirited away by his gang members on January 27 in the premises of an Owerri High Court in Imo State