‘We haven’t rejected EFCC Chairman,’ Senate Leader says
Ndume made the comment on Monday, December 19, after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.
Ibrahim Magu
Recommended articles
![Bola Tinubu [Facebook]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'100'%20height%3D'100'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Bola Tinubu [Facebook]")
Ndume made the comment on Monday, December 19, after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.
“No, no no. Let me say categorically that the Senate did not reject Ibrahim Magu as the chairman. What happened was that when we selected his confirmation for Thursday, then we had an issue or a letter from the Department of State Security (DSS) that could not allow us to continue with the confirmation without further clarifications,” he said.
“So, we now concluded that since we have a letter that we cannot ignore we cannot do the confirmation. So, it was not that we sat down to take a decision that we have rejected Ibrahim Magu. So, i want to that to come out clearly.
ADVERTISEMENT
“We specifically asked chairman media to issue a statement. What we said was that on that Thursday the Senate could not go ahead with the confirmation of Mr. Ibrahim Magu and that we are in possession of a letter from the Department of State Service which requires clarification from Mr. President, who is the head of the government. That was what happened,” Ndume added.
The Senate, on Thursday, December 15, refused to confirm Magu after the Department of State Security (DSS) submitted a report accusing him of corruption.
JOIN OUR PULSE COMMUNITY!
ADVERTISEMENT
Eyewitness? Submit your stories now via social or:
Email: eyewitness@pulse.ng
Recommended articles
American school refunds $760,000 Yahaya Bello deposit to EFCC
Agege LG gives traders, scavengers, 5 days to vacate rail lines
Prophet El-Buba wants Tinubu to give EFCC more backing in fight against corruption
Kwara govt rescue 40 poisoned cows from death, 33 others dead
BDC operators' president warns against naira speculation, vows unified market
Olorunfemi emerges Ondo LP guber candidate as other aspirants fail to buy ₦25m form
Gov Alia vows to demolish property housing kidnappers, Yahoo boys in Benue
Tinubu appoints former Rivers lawmaker, ex-Naval officer as heads of NESREA, NDRBDA
Court accuses EFCC boss of contempt over handling of Yahaya Bello's case
ADVERTISEMENT
![FCE, Zaria sets committee to investigate 12 students suspected to be cultists [myschoolgist]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'300'%20height%3D'172'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "FCE, Zaria sets committee to investigate 12 students suspected to be cultists [myschoolgist]")