by Dolapo Adelana
APC senators have said they were not responsible for the non-confirmation of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, The Punch reports.
The senators, who made the disclosure on Tuesday at a meeting with the party’s National Working Committee said they only performed a funeral on Magu’s confirmation which was brought in dead.
A senator, who was at the meeting, and spoke on condition of anonymity, said the lawmakers told the party leaders that they only acted on the report from the Department of State Service (DSS).
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The source said, “We told the leadership of our party that political appointees of President Muhammadu Buhari were using the media against us, especially Magu. We stated to them that Magu (case) was brought in dead; that what we did was to only conduct his funeral.
“We called the attention of the party leaders to the fact that an agency under the executive issues a damning report twice against the nominee under the same executive. We told them we were not to be blamed for what happened to Magu.
“Many reiterated the fact that Magu’s case was dead on arrival at the Senate and there was no way we could have ignored the report and clear him.”
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