Why Buhari’s Administration Is Badly Rocked On The Corruption War

EFCC has been a cesspit of corruption in Nigeria from day 1. That it took so long before Nigerians could speak publicly about that is the biggest shock. Successive leaders of the EFCC now allegedly robbed the country blind.

Buhari did not create EFCC and most of the alleged EFCC-led theft occurred before Buhari came to power. But Buhari administration seems to have compounded the problem by having in office for 5 years a man whom the Nigerian Senate refused to confirm his appointment as Chairman.

The Acting Chairman Magu is a constitutional aberration. Some progressive Senators are not comfortable with this aberration. They are wondering why the situation will remain.

Nigerians expect that the Senate which three times rejected Magu’s confirmation will not sit back idly and watch as the will of the Nigerian people, through their elected representatives, is undermined in such a continuing brazen manner.

The current move by the Attorney General of the Federation to get Magu removed is a fresh impetus for all stakeholders in this administration to act decisively to ensure compliance with the intendment of the Constitution as far as the leadership of the EFCC is concerned.