BREAKING News: Nigerian Senate Rejects the Appointment of Ibrahim Magu as EFCC Chairman

 

While speaking on Thursday afternoon after a closed-door meeting, the Senate’s spokesperson, Aliyu Abdullahi, revealed that the Nigerian Senate rejected the nomination of Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by President Muhammadu Buhari, citing security report.

 

The Senate spokesman who made the revelation after a one-hour discussions on the matter of Magu whose screening by the lawmaker had been slated today, Thursday, said:

 

“The nomination of Ibrahim Magu is hereby rejected and has been returned to the President for further action,” Abdullahi said.

 

Below is the statement we culled from Nigerian Senate's Twitter account;