Senate President,
Bukola Saraki has told Nigerians to stop blackmailing the Senate, for rejecting
the nomination of Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC).
In an interview with
Leadership newspaper, Saraki said the report by the Department of State
Services (DSS) nailed Magu and not the upper legislative chamber.
“We need to stop this
issue of blackmail. You must follow the process. Was it Senate that wrote his
report?
“The security report
they gave Magu, was it manufactured by the Senate? The screening of Magu was
live, we didn’t do it in the dark room at night? Everybody saw the performance.
“And lastly, they say
because some senators have cases with the EFCC. Yes, some senators have cases
with the EFCC but these cases were made public even before Magu became the
chairman of the EFCC. So, is it Magu that made your case with EFCC? Why will
everybody hold that against Magu?
“I think that is
propaganda. Most of these things should be based on facts. And I think we need
to separate facts from things that are not true. So, my own view is that those
views will change because at the end of the day the views are not based on
facts. I have given you fact. And the fact is that what is the responsibility
of the senate based on the constitution? We are to make laws,” Saraki said.
On the refusal of the
Comptroller-General of Customs to appear before the Senate, Saraki remarked:
“When we talked about Customs, we were talking about something in the interest
of Nigerians, but some people now take to blackmail and propaganda and now say
it had something to do on car duty. At the end of the day, when the facts came
out you could not hear anything anymore.”
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The Senate had twice
turned down the nomination of Magu, who is currently acting chairman.
Credit: Daily Post
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