Breaking (Photos): MAGU failed again. Senate rejects Magu's nomination as DSS disqualifies him again

The Nigerian Senate has once again rejected the recommendation of the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, as the right man for the full-time job.

Ibrahim Magu. During Senate screening on March 15

The decision to reject Ag. EFCC boss followed a report from the Department of State Services, DSS which again disqualified Magu based on an integrity test by the secret police, which he failed.

The Magu looked to be doing well during his screening for the position at the Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, March 15 before Senator Dino Melaye disclosed that the upper house of legislature had received a letter saying Magu is not qualified for the job because he failed an integrity test by the secret police.

Melaye claimed that two reports were released by the DSS yesterday on Ibrahim Magu and they all accused Magu.

Melaye therefore read Paragraph 14 of the DSS letter on Magu which said: “In the light of the foregoing, Magu has failed the integrity test and will eventually constitute a liability to the anti-corruption stand of the current government.”

In a response to Melaye, the Ag. EFCC boss kicked against the DSS report, saying that the service had shown it had a problem with inconsistency when it released two contradictory reports about him to the Senate late last year.

“What do you say about credibility of that agency?” Magu queried.

Letter from DSS on Magu

The DSS report was signed by its Director-General Folashade Bello, which said Magu failed integrity test

However, the Clerk of the House denied that Senate got two letters from the DSS.

Letter from DSS on Magu

He said, what the senate received was a letter on October 3, 2016.

The Senate, he said, entreated the DSS to re-confirm its integrity report on Magu. This was what was received on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, and to which Melaye referred during questioning of Magu.

Letter from DSS on Magu