PDP chieftain: El-Rufai can’t speak for Osinbajo… presidency should clarify position on Magu

Emmanuel Ogidi, national vice-chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the south-south, has urged the presidency to clarify Ibrahim Magu’s status at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Ogidi said this on Friday during an interview with NAN.

He said the clarification was important as a result of the declaration credited to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo that Magu would continue to head the EFCC in spite of senate’s rejection of his nomination, two times.

Represented by Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, Osinbajo had said that as long as the current administration remained in government, Magu would remain chairman of the commission.

He made the statement at the declaration inauguration of the zonal office of the EFCC.

Ogidi, however, urged Nigerians to discountenance the statement, saying that it was believed to be el-Rufai’s and not that of the acting president or the presidency.

“Was el-Rufai reading Osinbajo’s speech when he made the statement? We believe that the statement was for el-Rufai and he cannot speak for the presidency,” he said.

“There is therefore the need for the presidency to clarify its stands or decision on the status of Magu; this will enable Nigerians to properly comment on the matter.”

The PDP stalwart also described the disagreement between the executive and legislature as “a reflection of the internal crisis within the All Progressives Congress (APC)”.

According to him, it shows that the party was not prepared for power, and it is also another means being used to divert the attention of Nigerians from its lapses.