Melaye said Magu is not Nigeria’s last messiah
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Magu equally called for more support in ridding Nigeria of financial crimes
Melaye said this on Saturday
The letters written by the DSS to query some of his misdeeds are enough to disqualify him, but as an average Nigerian, Magu will definitely want to push through luck when he ought to have thrown in the towel
Magu is expected to deliver a paper on the topic: “Give Us Our Money Back – Nigeria’s Fight Against Corruption: A Critical Conversation”
The Senate on Wednesday refused to confirm Magu as the substantive chairman of the EFCC
The Senate had on Wednesday refused to confirm Magu, citing a negative report by the Department of State Services
The reaction is coming almost 24 hours after the Senate turned down the request of President Muhammadu Buhari for the confirmation of Magu
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
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
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
On arrival, Magu went straight to the office of the Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang
The screening date was announced on Tuesday at the Senate plenary
Chukwuka Utazi, the Chairman, Senate Committee on anti-corruption, made the pledge on Wednesday during the 2017 budget defence by the EFCC
In a petition addressed to the Acting Chairman of the anti-graft commission, Ibrahim Magu, signed by Mike Arowosegbe and Taiwo Adisa, Chairman and General Secretary of the Association respectively, and acknowledged by EFCC on February 20, 2017, the house owners requested for thorough investigation of the activities of Winning Clause Limited and its promoter, Obiageli Okwubanego, an estate developer, and recovery of the “monies” collected from them “under false pretense”