Malami, Danladi and Magu
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA— Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, has given Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, 48 hours to explain why the agency filed corruption charges against Chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Mr. Danladi Umar.
Malami, in his letter dated February 16, with reference No DPP/ADV:368/15, said the clarification was necessitated by the fact that EFCC under Magu, had on two occasions, cleared the CCT boss of complicity in the N10 million bribery allegation upon which the charge was based.
The AGF said the EFCC chairman should, in his response to the query, clarify whether he, indeed, gave instruction or directive for the charge to be filed, and if in the affirmative, explain the compelling basis for the action.
Magu was specifically directed to submit his response to the query, which was signed by Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary at Federal Ministry of Justice, Mr. Dayo Apata, before Tuesday, February 20.
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too In a related development, the AGF, in a separate letter with reference No DPP/ADV:369/15, asked Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN, to confirm whether indeed he was engaged by EFCC to prosecute the charge against the CCT Chairman.
Keyamo was also given till Tuesday to furnish the Office of the AGF in writing, detail of who gave him the FIAT (authority) to file the charges. The AGF’s letter to Keyamo read: “The attention of the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation was drawn to news report that you have filed charges of corruption against the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Hon. Justice Danladi Umar, before the FCT High Court.
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