The House of Representatives, on
Thursday tackled the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of
Justice, Abubakar Malami and the acting EFCC chairman, Ibrahim Magu, for the
alleged “manipulation” of Nigeria’s legal system.
Adopting a motion by Minority
Whip, Yakubu Barde (PDP, Kaduna), the House noted with concern the recent
charge by the EFCC against the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal,
Danladi Umar, after clearing him of same.
“Any possible convictions or
findings which the CCT may make from the same Danladi Umar, may be rendered
null and void by the Court of Appeal, thereby frustrating the course of
justice.
“The House should also recall
that this same EFCC and AGF are equally prosecuting cases such as the case
against the Senate President before the same CCT, which Umar sits as
chairman,’’ Barde said.
The lawmakers said the same Umar
is prosecuting a retrial case against Senate President and chairman of the
National Assembly, Bukola Saraki.
They said any conviction or
finding by Umar may be rendered null and void by the Court of Appealeal and
thereby frustrating the course of justice.
One after the other, the
lawmakers took turn to vent their anger over the issue, saying based on
morality, Umar should not be the one to try Saraki.
Consequently, the Committee on
Judiciary was mandated to interact with the AGF to ensure that sanity was
brought back to the legal system.
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