Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF),
says he will “gladly” testify before the presidential panel investigating
Ibrahim Magu, suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC).
The AGF said he would appear before the panel if summoned in
line with the Buhari administration’s respect for the rule of law.
Magu is being investigated by the panel, headed by Ayo
Salami, retired president of the appeal court, over allegations of corruption
which Malami levelled against him.
The AGF had accused him of “not acting in the overall best
interest of the country and the policies of this administration due to its
mismanagement and lack of transparency in managing recovered assets” among
other allegations.
Last week, Wahab Shittu, Magu’s counsel, wrote to the
presidential panel asking it to summon Malami to prove the allegations he
accused his client of.
Speaking during an Arise TV programme on Wednesday, the AGF
said he is willing to be examined by the panel.
“If indeed the Ayo Salami panel invites Abubakar Malami as a
person or the AGF in the person of Abubakar Malami for any testimony, for any
clarification, for examination or cross-examination for that matter, Abubakar
Malami will wholeheartedly, gladly within the spirit and context of the rule of
law be there to testify, be there to be cross-examined, be there to be examined
within the context of the rule of law,” he said.
“Our position as a
government is to be submissive to the rule of law and the rule of law component
of it requires that when we are called upon to clarify issues, when we are
called upon to be examined, when we are called upon to be cross-examined,
Abubakar Malami will be there and will gladly cooperate with the inquiry
institution and that indeed was an attribute of the government that translated
to the victory we are seeing today arising from P&ID.”
He added that he has responded to summons by various panels
in similar investigations, and so, “the case of Salami will certainly not be an
exception”.
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