Malabu: Why I advised Buhari to stop Adoke’s trial, says Malami

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), has justified his letter advising President Muhammadu Buhari to order the termination of the charges instituted against the immediate-past AGF, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN), and others, in respect of Malabu oil scam.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had filed three sets of charges of fraud and money laundering against Adoke, a former Minister of Petroleum, Dan Etete, and others in connection with the $1.1bn Malabu scam.

…While responding to an inquiry by The PUNCH correspondent early Monday, Malami said he advised Buhari to withdraw the charges because he had evaluated the case and realised that the investigations which led to the filing the charges against Adoke and others was weak and could not earn any conviction.

The PUNCH correspondent had late on Sunday asked Malami why he chose to write Buhari instead of exercising his constitutional power of discontinuing the criminal trials, if he strongly believed the charges instituted by the EFCC were weak.

The PUNCH, February 20, 2018

 

 

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