Once again, the Senate has refused to confirm Ibrahim Magu as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC).
The decision was taken on Wednesday after Magu was screened by the Senate.
The Senate once again said they could not clear the acting EFCC chairman following a letter by the Department of State Security (DSS) which upheld an earlier letter that Magu failed the integrity test and was unfit for the office.
The report, said to have been received by the Senate at 5:02 p.m. on Tuesday, stated that “Magu has failed the integrity test” and that he would be a liability to the administration’s anti -corruption crusade.”
The Senate had first screened Magu and rejected him based on security reports from the DSS which accused Magu of being a hypocrite. But Magu insisted that the DSS lacks integrity.
“What does it say of an agency that submitted two varying reports on the same person, the same day,” he said.
“Up till now the DSS has not given me a chance to hear from me. I have not be given fair hearing by the DSS.”
