Confusion at the Nigerian Senate over The EFCC chairman confirmation

Confusion at the Nigerian Senate indicates that the plans to screen the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today, December 15.

The lawmakers are currently in a close-door executive session over the matter.

According to The Punch, the usual pre-session meeting of the principal officers, which holds at the Senate President’s office, was rowdy as senators were said to have engaged themselves in a shouting match.

A source who witnessed the clash said the Leader of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume and Senator Dino Melaye, who was alleged to be against Magu’s confirmation, specifically engaged themselves at the meeting.

Thought Magu's screening has been listed on the Order Paper as part of the activities at the it is not yet certain if the exercise will hold.

The screening of the EFCC boss and four other member-nominees of the commission was earlier moved from Thursday, December 8 after about five months of their nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari.

It was reported earlier that some forces within the Presidency are said to be against Magu’s emergence as the EFCC’s chairman and the Department of State Service (DSS) is also said to be a collaborator in the scheme to edge out the anti-corruption czar through a damning security report it has sent to the Senate against Magu.