Due to the non-confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission chairman by the Senate (EFCC), Governors have joined the desperate lobby to nominate the candidate to replace him.
Also pushing for their preferred men are former governors, former ministers and influential political leaders, a Presidency source told The Nation yesterday.
According to the Nation, President Muhammadu Buhari has shunned them all, preferring to decide who occupies the seat.
The lobbyists, according to a 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.
It said it was not surprised by the Senate’s action because about 10-15 per cent of the senators were being investigated by the EFCC.
PCAC has written an advisory to the Presidency to re-nominate Magu.
President Buhari on Saturday allegedly shocked some influential people who came with a list of likely successors to Magu.
Some of the forces are pushing for the engagement of retired Commissioner of Police Zakari Biu, Comptroller-General of Customs Col. Hamid Ali (retd.), retired AIG Amodu Ali and pioneer EFCC chairman Nuhu Ribadu, among others.
They cited the report on Magu by the DSS, but they failed, another source said.
“The President demanded for more cogent reasons on why he should sack Magu. He said they should bring more convincing reasons beyond the DSS report,” the source said, pleading not to be named because of what he described as the “sensitivity” of the matter.
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