The Minister of Justice and
Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami (SAN) has asked a
Federal High Court in Kaduna to declined jurisdiction over a suit by embattled
former chairman of the Presidential Pension Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina,
challenging the arrest warrant issued against him by an Abuja court.
Malami urged the court to dismiss
the suit and allow the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the
government agency that got the arrest warrant, to proceed with Maina’s arrest
and prosecution.
The AGF told the court that
granting any of the reliefs sought in the suit by Maina will do incalculable
and permanent damages to the nation’s fight against corruption as well as
reverse all gains made so far.
Malami stated these in court
processes he filed in response to the suit filed by Maina.
The Minister, in his counter
affidavit, argued that “since a court of law cannot shield any person from
arrest, investigation and possible prosecution, the plaintiff (Maina) cannot
claim to have any legal right in an effort to stop any subsequent arrest,
investigation and prosecution”.
He urged the court to decline
jurisdiction because Maina’s suit was wrongly commenced.
Malami also described the suit as
an abuse of court process on the grounds that Maina had filed a similar suit
before the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Further proceedings will resume
in the case on January 15, 2018.
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