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Buhari shuns lobbyists in battle for Magu’s job
Governors have joined the desperate lobby to nominate the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Also pushing for their preferred men are former governors, former ministers and influential political leaders, a Presidency source told The Nation yesterday.
But President Muhammadu Buhari has shunned them all, preferring to decide who occupies the seat.
The lobbyists, according to the source, visited the Villa on Saturday.
Amid the lobby, the Presidential Committee Against Corruption (PCAC) has advised the Presidency to keep Acting Chairman Ibrahim Magu, whose nomination was rejected last Thursday by the Senate, which cited a security report for its action.
The committee, which is headed by revered legal expert Prof. Itse Sagay, has faulted the report of the Department of State Services (DSS) upon which Magu was rejected.
The Nation, December 19
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