A group known as Kebbi Concerned
Citizens Initiative has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend Abubakar
Malami, minister of justice.
In a letter dated July 27,
Ibrahim Mohammed, director-general of the group, asked the president to set up
a panel to probe Malami over corruption allegations.
There have been calls for the
sack of Malami, a Kebbi indigene, over these allegations which he has denied.
In the letter, Mohammed said
these “damaging” allegations against Malami are “too heavy” to ignore.
“The damaging series of
publications of corruption against the attorney-general and minister of justice
are significant and too heavy to ignore. The allegations ranging from
accumulation of huge wealth, houses, businesses and other landed properties
which according to were alleged to have relation with corruption and abuse of
office,” the director-general said,” he said.
“Your Excellency Mr President
sir, permit us to formally register our displeasure to a long silence from the
presidency on the incident, it has not gone without notice how quickly the
presidency acted when almost similar allegations were made against the minister
of Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio, by former managing director of NDDC,
Joy Nunieh.
“The attorney-general of the
federation is the chief law officer of the country, by extension a leading
figure in the fight against corruption who must be seen as the embodiment of
the crusade and must lead by character and example.
“Sahara Reporters accused
Abubakar Malami of a series of corruption [allegations] and misconduct as
stated earlier and the minister of justice has not clearly and satisfactorily
cleared himself of the allegations.
“In view of the above, Kebbi
Concerned Citizens Initiative hereby request his Excellency, President
Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgent national importance, patriotism and
sincerity of purpose in the fight against corruption; set up a panel to
investigate the allegations levelled against Hon. Attorney-general and minister
of justice, Abubakar Malami SAN.
“Suspend the minister pending the
outcome of the panel to provide a favourable atmosphere for the investigation.”
Malami
engaged Oladipo Okpeseyi and Temitope Adebayo, two Nigerian lawyers, for the
recovery of $321 million Abacha Loot from Switzerland, a job already completed
by Enrico Monfrini, a Swiss lawyer who had been on the recovery since 2000.
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