The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has been summoned by the Justice Ayo Salami-led Judicial Commission of Inquiry, to appear as key witness, in the ongoing probe of the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu.
The Judicial panel, had invited Malami, to give evidence on the petition he wrote against the former anti corruption czar.
The probe of the former anti corruption chief, was at the instance of Malami’s memo which indicted Magu, of insubordination, misconduct and diversion of recovered loot.
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Magu’s frosty relationship with Malami, who is the supervising minister of the EFCC, is reported to have led to his recent travails.
On July 6th 2020, Magu was compelled to appear before a panel at the Presidential Villa, set up by President Muhammadu Buhari, to investigate the allegations raised in the AGF’s memo.
He was suspended few days later, by the President, alongside other key senior staff of the anti-graft agency.
Edited by Tunde Orebiyi.
