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THE Senate on Wednesday, March 15, again rejected Ibrahim Magu as the substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, following another letter from the Department of Security Service, SSS, saying Magu lacked integrity to lead the country’s anti-corruption agency.

Magu had appeared before the Senate for his confirmation hearing during which Dino Melaye raised the DSS report dated March 14.

“In the light of the foregoing, Magu has failed the integrity test and will eventually constitute a liability to the anti-corruption stand of the current government,” the statement read by Melaye stated.

Although Magu seemed to have answered questions put to him to the satisfaction of lawmakers, but the senators were not convinced based on the DSS report.

In turn, Magu questioned the credibility of the DSS which he said dispatched two reports on him with varying contents same day.

“What do you say about credibility of that agency?” he queried.

Reports had it in December that the DSS had earlier submitted two contradictory reports, one approving Magu’s confirmation and the other asking he be rejected.

The Senate had then rejected his confirmation based on the latter report.

—  Mar 15, 2017 @ 16:15 GMT

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