The Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) has
accused Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), of stalling
the corruption trial of Dino Melaye, former senator from Kogi state.
CSNAC made the allegation via a statement on Sunday while
reacting to Malami’s request to be given more time to provide Melaye’s case
file.
Malami did not immediately respond to inquiry for
comment.
The CSOs had written to the minister, requesting information
on the prosecution of Melaye who was accused of operating foreign accounts
contrary to the regulations of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).
Olanrewaju Suraju, CSNAC chairman, said Melaye’s case file
was transferred from the CCB upon the request of the AGF through a letter dated
January 5, 2018.
But responding via a letter, the AGF, through Nafisat
Ibrahim, state counsel, was said to have requested “an extension of time to
study the request for the release of the case file”.
The CSOs described the minister’s request as “confusing” and
“similar to responses in the past”.
“Melaye’s trial
remains one of the striking cases of corruption that raises suspicions of state
complicity indicating an attempt to cover up a high profile case,” Suraju said.
“It is a case that will be pursued to its logical end until
the files are released and Senator Malaye brought to book.
“The minister, who recently accused the suspended Chairman
of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, of delaying investigation in a complex matter of
P&ID In less than one year of investigation will have no Justification for
holding a file involving a concluded investigation for almost 3 years.”
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