The embattled acting
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has
been unable to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari since the beginning of the
crisis that engulfed the confirmation of his appointment.
Reliable sources told Sunday
Punch on Saturday that Magu
had made spirited efforts to see President Buhari in the aftermath of the
Senate’s refusal to confirm his appointment. The Senate, on Thursday, had based
its decision on a security report by the Department of State Service which
accused Magu of abuse of office and corruption.
The report by the DSS says Magu’s antecedents and his conduct
after his appointment as the anti-corruption czar, made him ineligible to hold
the office in full capacity.
The DSS report
concludes, “Magu has failed the integrity test and will eventually constitute a
liability to the anti-corruption drive of the present administration.”
Punch gathered that the
embattled EFCC chairman, who is said to be at loggerheads with some members of
Buhari’s kitchen cabinet, tried to see the President on Saturday night but his
efforts were futile.
Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, handles
the President’s appointments and determines, in most cases, who gets to see
him.
-Punch
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