Corruption: Malami Urged to Increase Fight on Indicted Persons

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Corruption: Malami Urged to Increase Fight on Indicted Persons

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A call has gone out to the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF and Minister of Justice, Malam Abubakar Malami, to move and increase his prosecutory power on indicted corrupt persons in the country. Making the call was a civil society organisation, Stand Up Nigeria (SUN). The group in a statement by its National Secretary, Sunday Attah, said, “In the short time Mr Malami has been at the helms as AGF and Minister of Justice, we have seen enough proof that he embodies President Muhammadu Buhari’s vision of justice. “We have seen an anti-corruption crusade that is yielding results without resorting to jungle manoeuvres. The conviction and jailing of the ex-NIMASA Director General, Raymond Omatseye is enough testament that the AGF is up to speed with his job description. “Nigerians also did not lose sight of the pace at which trials of persons arraigned for corruption are going as opposed to the past when suspects are charged and the trials get stuck for months. “We are also mindful of the several cases we once thought were lost but that have been revived today. These, no doubt, are among the reasons Mr Malami has become the subject of petitions and letters demanding for his sack. It takes someone that has proven himself as the engine house of President Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade to make such powerful enemies. “We urge the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Mr Malami Abubakar SAN to increase the onslaught on persons indicted for corruption and to the fight against graft to the next level. The assets and funds to be recovered from this exercise are sorely needed at this point in time that the economy is struggling. “We appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari to disregard the calls for him to sack the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Mr Malami Abubakar SAN. Contrary to the lies being told, falling for propaganda to fire Mr Abubakar will signify a policy U-turn on the part of his government and it will lead to losing of international goodwill and local support for the anti-corruption drive.”Â 

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