Magu Remain Acting EFFC Chairman. Says Yemi Osinbajo

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Magu remains acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and cannot be removed by anybody.
Ibrahim Magu
The Acting President Yemi Osinbajo fired back at the Senate yesterday.
The declaration was an apparent response to the lawmakers who had on Tuesday warned that any further move from him to undermine the powers of the legislative arm of government will amount to crossing the red line.
The Red Chamber relied on a comment made by acting president some months ago to suspend further confirmation of appointees of the president.
The lawmakers chided the executive arm of government for refusing to strictly adhere to legislative decisions in particular and the 1999 constitution (as amended) in general.
But speaking in Kaduna yesterday while commissioning a zonal office of the EFCC, the acting president who was represented by the governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, described Magu as a “nightmare for corrupt people”.
The governor also revealed the outcome of a conversation on Magu which he had with President Muhammadu Buhari.
He said, “Mr chairman, two weeks ago, I discussed the EFCC and your appointment with President Muhammadu Buhari and he told me he has confidence in you and in the commission and the work that you have been doing and that as long as he is president, you remain the chairman of the EFCC”.
“Last night, I spoke with the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, who reconfirmed the position of the president and told me that as long as he remained the acting president or vice-president, Ibrahim Magu would remain the chairman of the EFCC.

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