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Disband the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption – Malami Tells Buhari
Abubakar Malami, The Attorney-General of the Federation, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to disband the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) headed by Prof. Itse Sagay.
Abubakar Malami, The Attorney-General of the Federation, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to disband the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) headed by Prof. Itse Sagay.
The Attorney-General gave his reasons on why the committee should be disbanded, he claimed that the committee is old and no longer relevant to the fight against corruption
Malami’s media aide, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, said:
“PACAC is a presidential committee established by the presidency long before the appointment of Abubakar Malami, SAN, as the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and his assumption into office in 2015.
“The fate of the existence or otherwise of the committee is an exclusive preserve of the presidency regardless of whether it outlives its usefulness or not.”
Trouble began between Malami and PACAC over the committee members’ belief that the minister was interfering in some of their works, especially on their report on some corrupt Nigerians.
The committee also incurred Malami’s wrath when it declared public support for the reappointment of Ibrahim Magu, former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
However, Malami, in a memo to President Buhari, accused Magu of a myriad of contraventions, especially “diversion of recovered loot, insubordination and misconduct”. He further said that Magu was not transparent enough in the management of the recovered assets.
Magu was later probed and found guilty of the charges levelled against him by the Justice Ayo Salami panel which recommended his sack.
The president, thereafter, appointed Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Lagos zonal head of EFCC, as the substantive chairman of the anti-graft agency.
Following Bawa’s confirmation by the Senate, Sagay had said Malami, as the person who recommended him for the position, will interfere in his work and will not allow him to operate.
The minister responded to Sagay calling him “a confused old man whose vision is beclouded by speculations and guess works.”