The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu will be screened by the Senate on Wednesday for the position of the substantive Chairman of the anti-graft agency.
The announcement by the President of the Senate Dr Bukola Saraki of the screening date during plenary on Tuesday came eight months after Magu's name was submitted by President Buhari.
The Senate had in December declined to screen Magu for the position, basing its decision on a security report by the Department of State Services, DSS.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports that the DSS security report, among others alleged that the Acting EFCC boss is occupying a N20 million per year accommodation, allegedly rented for him by someone under EFCC investigation; lives a flamboyant lifestyle and flouted the President’s order against public officers flying first class when he went on pilgrimage.
But in a letter to the Senate in January, President Buhari re-nominated Magu for the position, stating that the EFCC acting Chairman as well as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal had been cleared of every wrongdoing alleged by the Senate..
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