The Senate has said it would not rescind its decision to reject Ibrahim Magu as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The lawmakers reiterated their stance on the rejection through the Chairman of Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Aliyu Sabi Abdullah on Friday.
The Senate spokesperson who said the “the rejection still stands” made the statement while reacting to Thursday’s declaration by the Presidency that Magu will remain the EFCC boss irrespective of Senate’s demand for his sack.
The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, who made the declaration through Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, at the inauguration of the EFCC zonal office in Kaduna , said “Magu would remain EFCC chairman as long as he is the acting President and as long as Muhammadu Buhari remains President.”
He added, that Buhari has resolved to work with Magu to prosecute his administration’s anti-graft war.
Abdullah, in his Friday’s reaction, said, “Senate has already made its resolution, and our resolutions are official statements. And most times, based on how we communicate. We don’t go to press immediately because somebody has made a statement. We usually discuss issues. You know before we made that resolution the issue was debated. It is not because the executive has said something, we will react to it. We discuss issues first.
“He was brought to us for confirmation, and on the basis of damning reports from the DSS, we rejected him twice. It is left for Nigerians to see and we have done our part.
“We are expressing the opinion of the Senate, its stand and its position. We have given it a resolution. For now that is what subsists, and until we get a response, otherwise officially, we are not going back.”
