The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki and some of his aides are at the centre of another money laundering scandal, which may also explain why the senate rejected the confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for the second time on March 15, five days after the anti graft-agency reported the matter to the presidency.
Senate President Bukola Saraki has denied allegations that he imported a luxury vehicle which was seized by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, for failure to pay import duty.
No thanks to the unholy machinations of an unscrupulous cabal in the presidency which formed a satanic partnership with a shamelessly crooked senate, Ibrahim Magu, nominee of President Muhammadu Buhari as substantive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, was for the second time denied confirmation for that post by the senate on the strength of the same ill-motivated Department of State Service, DSS, security report that informed the first purported rejection.
Senate President Bukola Saraki will lead a five-man delegation of lawmakers on a three-day visit to the German Parliament, the Bundestag, on Tuesday as part of efforts to promote economic relations between Nigeria and Germany.
Senate President Bukola Saraki has pleaded not guilty to the amended 18-count charges brought against him by the federal government before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT.
The Nigerian Senate has expressed worry over the refusal of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to sign four bills passed by the National Assembly into law.
