Buhari must re-nominate Magu as EFCC chairman – Osinbajo

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that he would support President Muhammadu Buhari should he, Buhari, decides to re-nominate Ibrahim Magu, as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for a third time.

Speaking with reporters at the Presidential villa, Abuja, the Vice President also commended Buhari for not interfering with the DSS report which indicted Magu.

“We should commend the president for not interfering with what the DSS said. The DSS came up with a report and the man who was accused refuted it,” he said.

“He explains and gives a reason. When that happened, the president looked at what Magu said and what the DSS wrote and he said ‘I am satisfied with what Magu said’.

“He then decided to retain Magu as the nominee for EFCC. I don’t see any reason why that should be contested. The president has not interfered with what the DSS said. If he wanted to interfere, he would have ordered the DSS to keep quiet. He didn’t do that, but he said ‘I don’t think the DSS report is meritorious enough to withdraw his nomination.’

“The president reserves the right to say, ‘this is who I want’. I’m fully in support of Magu as the EFCC chairman just as the president is.”