The Coalition for Human Rights and Rule of Law, on Thursday, threw its weight slack the resources recovery drive of the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN).
The AGF had been in the media just nowadays over an alleged award of “a multi billion naira resources recovery contract to an organization and its lawyers secretly”.
Nonetheless the Coalition, in a assertion signed by its President, Gabriel Agibi and made available to newsmen on Thursday, acknowledged the media yarn changed into once being orchestrated by enemies of the Minister who’re “brokers of corruption” that did no longer settle on the Federal Authorities to get better resources.
The consistency of the assaults indicates a unsuitable motive to motive a submission to the whims and caprices of a secure out few who’re crooked on subverting the judicial direction of in Nigeria in ways too a colossal possibility of to sign.
“As stakeholders in the justice sector, we are tempted to accept as true with that the stance of the AGF on the subject of asset recovery has no longer gone down neatly with some folks hence the puerile are attempting at blackmail and intimidation”, the group alleged.
The coalition acknowledged it changed into once conscious that the asset recovery drive of the Federal Authorities had indeed “ruffled some feathers”, hence the target of the AGF, whose responsibility it changed into once to form sure the winning implementation of the asset recovery drive.
The assertion added, “The coalition of human rights and the guideline of legislation is issuing this press assertion in light of the neatly-orchestrated marketing campaign of calumny ostensibly launched by brokers of corruption to misrepresent the lawyer frequent of the federation and minister of justice, Abubakar Malami.
“The consistency of the assaults indicates a unsuitable motive to motive a submission to the whims and caprices of a secure out few who’re crooked on subverting the judicial direction of in Nigeria in ways too a colossal possibility of to sign.
“As stakeholders in the justice sector, we are tempted to accept as true with that the stance of the AGF on the subject of asset recovery has no longer gone down neatly with some folks, hence the puerile are attempting at blackmail and intimidation.
“It is an unfortunate episode in the annals of the country as to why some those that, for causes most attention-grabbing known to them, maintain arrogated distinct powers and privileges. As such, they’ve carried on cherish mini gods by blackmailing those that maintain set the country’s hobby first.”
