The Senate has maintained that it rejected the nomination of Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The senate in a post on its official Twitter handle, @ngrsenate, rubbished the report credited to the Senate leader, Mohammed Ali Ndume that the nomination of Magu was not rejected by the lawmakers.

The post, which quoted the spokesperson of the senate, Sen. Sabi Abdullahi, reads thus

“Different media platforms are reporting we did not reject @officialEFCC Magu, Senate's official position remains he was rejected - Sen Sabi”.

•Text courtesy of Daily Trust.

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