Tag: Malami

  • Court Dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s N20bn Suit Against Malami

    Court Dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s N20bn Suit Against Malami

    The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court (FHC), on Friday, struck out a N20 billion suit filed by leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, SAN.

    Mr Kanu, through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, had sued Mr Malami and the Director-General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Abubakar, as 1st and 2nd defendants respectively.

    Justice Inyang Ekwo, however, struck out the suit after I.C. Nworgu, who appeared for the IPOB leader, told the court that the plaintiff had resolved to withdraw the suit.

    Mr Nworgu said the notice of discontinuance had already been filed.

    The application, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1702/2022, was filed pursuant to Order 50, Rules 2(1) of the FHC Civil Procedure Rules, 2019.

    Mr Ekwo had, on October 27, fixed Friday for hearing in the suit.

    The application, dated and filed on Sept. 23, had sought “a declaration that the defendants’ arrest and imprisonment of the plaintiff (Kanu) at a location in Kenya and the subsequent imprisonment of the plaintiff in the aircraft that conveyed him from Kenya to Nigeria amounted to false arrest and false imprisonment.

    “A declaration of this honourable court that the defendants acted in bad faith and/or abused their public offices in falsely arresting and falsely imprisoning the plaintiff at the said location in Kenya and said aircraft.

    “An order of this honourable court directing the defendants to, jointly and severally, pay to the plaintiff the sum of N20,000,000,000.00 (Twenty Billion Naira only) being general and exemplary damages.

    “An order of this honourable court directing the defendants to separately write and deliver to the plaintiff, an unreserved personal letter of apology.”

    He prayed that the letters of apology shall be prominently and boldly published full-page in two Nigerian newspapers of national circulation.

    He also sought an order of the court, directing the defendants to pay the cost of the suit, among others.

  • Nnamdi Kanu: AGF, Malami Reacts To Appeal Court Ruling

    Nnamdi Kanu: AGF, Malami Reacts To Appeal Court Ruling

    The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Thursday reacted to the decision of the Appeal Court to discharge leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

    In a statement signed by spokesperson, Dr. Umar Jibril Gwandu, Mr Malami said the appeal court only discharged Kanu and did not acquit him.

    “The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has received the news of the decision of the Court of Appeal concerning the trial of Nnamdi Kanu,” the statement said. “For the avoidance of doubt and by the verdict of the Court, Kanu was only discharged and not acquitted.

    “Consequently, the appropriate legal options before the authorities will be exploited and communicated accordingly to the public.

    “The decision handed down by the court of appeal was on a single issues that borders on rendition.

    “Let it be made clear to the general public that other issues that predates rendition on the basis of which Kanu jumped bail remain valid issues for judicial determination.

    “The Federal Government will consider all available options open to us on the judgment on rendition while pursuing determination of pre-rendition issues.”

  • Buhari, Malami Ask Supreme Court To Interpret Section 84(12) Of Electoral Act

    Buhari, Malami Ask Supreme Court To Interpret Section 84(12) Of Electoral Act

    President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, have filed a suit at the Supreme Court, seeking an interpretation of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2022.

    In the suit filed on April 29, the President and AGF, who are the plaintiffs, listed the National Assembly as the sole defendant.

    They are seeking an order of the apex court to strike out the section of the Electoral Act, saying it is inconsistent with the nation’s Constitution.

    According to the court document, the plaintiffs contend that Section 84 (12) of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 2022 is inconsistent with the provisions of Sections 42, 65, 66, 106, 107, 131, 137, 147, 151, 177, 182, 192 and 196 of the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, (as amended), as well as Article 2 of the African Charter on Human and People and Peoples Rights.

    President Buhari and Malami also contended that the Constitution already provides qualification and disqualification for the offices of the President and Vice President, Governor and Deputy Governor, Senate and House of Representatives, House of Assembly, Ministers, Commissioners, and Special Advisers.

    They urged the court to make: “A declaration that the joint and combined reading of Sections 65, 66, 106, 107, 131, 137, 147, 151, 177, 182, 192 and 196 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, (as amended); the provision of Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act, 2022, which also ignores Section 84(3) of the same Act, is an additional qualifying and/or disqualifying factors for the National Assembly, House of Assembly, Gubernatorial and Presidential elections as enshrined in the said constitution, hence unconstitutional, unlawful, null and void.”

    In the same vein, the National Assembly has asked the Supreme Court to strike out the suit instituted by President Buhari.

    The National Assembly, in its counter-affidavit, filed by its lawyer, Kayode Ajulo, said the Supreme Court cannot be invoked to amend the provision of any law validity made by lawmakers in the exercise of their legislative powers as granted by the Constitution.

    They argued that the 1999 Constitution, as amended gave the National Assembly the power to make laws for good governance in Nigeria.

  • 2023: Malami Gifts 30 Exotic Cars To Associates In Kebbi Ahead of Elections

    2023: Malami Gifts 30 Exotic Cars To Associates In Kebbi Ahead of Elections

    Some associates of Abubakar Malami, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of The Federation, have received exotic cars as gifts.

    The cars such as Toyota Prado, Lexus, Toyota Hilux, and Mercedes-Benz vehicles were given to them a week after the minister announced his governorship bid.

    Malami is planning to succeed Governor Atiku Baudu of Kebbi State in 2023.

    Some of the beneficiaries are workers at the Khadimiyya for Justice and Development Initiative, a foundation established by the minister.

    Defending his principal’s action, Umar Gwandu, spokesman of the Minister, said, “friends and associates of Malami donated and distributed vehicles to long term workers in the Khadimiyya Foundation”.

    The gifts have however attracted criticisms, particularly on social media.

  • Electoral bill: NASS tackles Malami over ‘self-interest’ comment

    Electoral bill: NASS tackles Malami over ‘self-interest’ comment

    The National Assembly, on Thursday, dismissed a threat by the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), that he would oppose the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, if it was based on selfish interest.

    The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Ajibola Basiru, specifically dismissed Malami as a political appointee, who could not speak for the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on institutional matters like the bill.

    Basiru was reacting to a recent interview granted by Malami in which the minister said Buhari would not assent to the reworked bill, if its provisions were considered to be of selfish interest.

    The AGF had hinted that Buhari might withhold assent from the bill, if it was considered to have proposed laws based on personal interests.

    According to the minister, the bill, which the National Assembly transmitted to the Presidency the second time on Monday last week, just got to him on Monday for legal advice.

    When asked if he would advise the President to reject the amended bill if he was not satisfied with the new version, Malami said, “Certainly, if I am not satisfied and if I am of the opinion that it is against the public interest, the national interest; and then against the dictates of democratic process, I would advise accordingly.

    “But then, one thing I can tell you is that we are all interested in leaving behind a legacy of a lasting democracy; a democracy that indeed accommodates the collective interest of the Nigerian state, and eventually advances the national interest, national development and deepens the democratic process.

    “So, with these considerations associated with deepening democracy; with the considerations associated with the national and public interest, we will certainly do whatever it takes to move democracy to the next level.”

    Responding in a telephone interview with our correspondent on Wednesday, Basiru said, “I cannot be responding to Malami. Let the President talk and we will respond (to Buhari). I represent an institution, which is the National Assembly. We are not on the same par. If the President speaks, then we can respond as an institution.

    “There are three arms of government: the executive headed by the President; the National Assembly (legislature), and the judiciary. I speak on behalf of the Senate, which is an institution, so I can’t be responding to an appointee of the President; I can’t be responding to Malami. We can only respond to correspondence from the President and authenticated by him (Buhari); we cannot be responding to an appointee of the President. We are an institution.”

    Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, in his response, said the minister might need to define what he meant by ‘selfish interest’. According to him, the parliament was guided by national interest in the consideration and passage of the bill.

    Kalu said, “I don’t know his definition of ‘selfish interest’, of course, it is not a tool in making laws for the country. But public interest is the instrument used in making laws, not selfish interest. And the only way that you can measure public interest is through the steps outlined by our laws, one of which is public hearing or stakeholders’ engagement.

    “Another one is consensus or majority opinion of the parliament on an issue, reflective of the opinion of the people that they (lawmakers) represent. If the majority of those in the parliament are for a particular position, it means that those who have asked them (lawmakers) to represent them are speaking with one voice. That is how you measure public interest.”

    The House’ spokesman also stated that the opinions and interests of the Independent National Electoral Commission, political parties, governors, civil society organisations and other public stakeholders in the bill could not have been considered to be selfish.

    A senior official in the National Assembly, who spoke on condition of anonymity, corroborated the Senate’s spokesman, saying, “If he, as an appointee of the President, made an observation, until that observation is formalised by the institution that he represents, which is the Presidency, we cannot give much attention to it until it comes from the institution.”

    The source added, “If Mr. President finds out that there is an element of selfish interest, he will communicate that to us and we will look at it. Not that Malami will tell us, the President will communicate directly to us.”

    It was reported in December that the President had rejected the last electoral bill mainly on the advice of Malami.

    Recently, there were reports that some members of the cabal in the Presidency were opposed to some provisions of the bill.

    According to the reports, they are not comfortable with the provision which mandates appointees to resign before the primaries of their parties.

    Both the Senate and the House of Representatives had reworked the electoral bill for the second time by concurring on consensus candidacy and setting fresh conditions for political parties in the nomination of candidates for elections.

    Buhari, last year, had vetoed the electoral bill and sent it back to the National Assembly over the restriction of political parties to direct primary, insisting on the direct or indirect.

    The House had amended Clause Section 87 of the Electoral Act 2010, which is Clause 84 of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, by inserting the indirect primary option.

    The Senate, however, not only added indirect primary, but also consensus adoption of candidates for elections by a political party.

    By passing different amendments to the bill, the Senate and the House were expected to refer the versions to a conference committee to harmonise the differences and report back for final passage and transmission to the President for assent.

    However, both the Senate and the House of Representatives took a shorter route by rescinding their decisions on the amendments last week and re-amending the electoral bill.

    This time, the House concurred with the Senate on the consensus, while both chambers passed the same conditions set for the option.

    The President had said in his interview with Channels TV on January 5, 2022, that he would sign the bill once the mandatory direct primary clause was removed.

  • President Bazoum, PDP Govs, NWC, Malami, Others Condole Tambuwal

    President Bazoum, PDP Govs, NWC, Malami, Others Condole Tambuwal

    By Muhammad Ibrahim,Sokoto

    The President of Niger Republic, Mohamed Bazoum yesterday condoled the Governor of Sokoto, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal over the demise of his elder brother, Alh Muhammadu Bello (Wazirin Tambuwal) who died on Tuesday.

    President Bazoum who was represented by one of his Special Advisers, Mohammed Zakari, accompanied by some regional Chief Imams of some mosques in Niger Republic, condoled Governor Tambuwal and prayed for the repose of the soul of his late elder brother, as written in a statement by the governor’s media aide Muhammad Bello.

    Equally Governors elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) under the aegis of their body- the PDP-Governors Forum, also condoled with Gov. Tambuwal who is also their Chairman.

    The governors’ delegation led by the Vice Chairman of the Forum and the Governor of Abia State, Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, comprised of the Governors of Adamawa, Enugu, Rivers, and Oyo States: respectively.

    Also, the national leadership of the PDP, led by its Deputy National Chairman (North), Amb. Umar Iliya Damagum, paid a condolence visit to the Governor Tambuwal, just as a delegation from the National Assembly led by Senate Majority Leader, Senator Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi came calling.

    The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) also came later on Thursday evening in Tambuwal town where he condoled Gov. Tambuwal.

    In the same vein, the Deputy Governor of Kebbi State, Col. Samaila Yombe Dabai (rtd) was at the private residence of Governor Tambuwal to condole him.

  • APC caretaker chairman, Buni backed by AGF Malami moves to block party convention

    APC caretaker chairman, Buni backed by AGF Malami moves to block party convention

    There are several reports  that the Yobe State Governor and Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress, Mai Mala Buni, has increased his  political moves to prevent the party’s national convention scheduled for February from holding.

    Our Correspondent on Tuesday gathered that Buni’s moves had the backing of the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN; the Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu and his Jigawa State Governor counterpart, Muhammad Badaru.

    We understands that the plot, Buni-led caretaker committee was not interested in February convention so that it could remain in office till the emergence of the party’s presidential candidate.

    “Buni’s panel is desperate to prevent the convention from holding because the Yobe governor has vice-presidential ambition. That is why the governor is foot-dragging on the national convention issue. In a matter of days, the caretaker committee will come up with an excuse that the convention cannot hold in February because of the lingering crises in some state. It is part of the delay tactics.”

    It was however gathered the majority of the governors had got wind of the plan of  Buni  and would move against him at their meeting today (Wednesday).

    According to multiple sources, the announcemnet of Bola Ahmed Tinubu has unsettled the Buni’s Camp

    It was gathered that if the governors insisted on holding the planned February convention,  Buni and his backers  would push for the consensus method to elect national officers in order to maintain control of the party ahead of the primaries.

    On Tuesday  the delay by the Buni committee in picking a date for the convention was also propelled by Buni’s vice-presidential ambition which now makes it less likely if Tinubu emerges as the APC presidential candidate.

    Based on this development, the governors of the APC, who support Tinubu’s ambition are already strategising on how to ensure that the convention holds as quickly as possible and in a transparent manner.

    “It is true that there is a crisis in several states. But I can tell you categorically that the delays in holding this convention are caused in part by Buni’s ambition to be vice-president,” said a member of the Buni committee, who is sympathetic to the governors.

    The President, President  Muhammadu Buhari  had on June 25, 2020 dissolved the National Working Committee of the APC led by former Governor Adams Oshiomhole due to a crisis that was caused by Oshiomhole’s feud with his successor, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State.

    Based on pressure from some governors including Kebbi State Governor,  Bagudu;  Malami; Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State and his Jigawa State counterpart, Muhammad Badaru, the President at a meeting of the National Executive Council of the party, dissolved the NWC and appointed Buni as the leader of a 13-member committee.

    The mandate of the Buni-led committee was to organise a national convention within six months but the committee continued to foot-drag, meeting Buhari regularly for extensions.

    Although we are 14 in the committee, Buni is the one that takes all decisions. He continued to shift the date for reasons best known to him,” he said.

    When asked if the decision to delay the convention was not caused by the crisis in several states, the official said the crisis was indeed real but it was not enough to stall a national convention for so long.

    He said, “The truth is that Buni got very comfortable and powerful in this position. A governor who is busy in his home state ought not to have time to be sitting down in Abuja.

    “For the first six months, the committee achieved nothing apart from trying to convince governors of the Peoples Democratic Party to defect. So, that was how six months was spent when the core mandate of the committee was to organise a convention.

    “This same committee organised the frivolous Anambra primary that has now been discredited by the court. They now want to supervise the Ekiti and Osun governorship primaries.”

    The official further stated that the Buni committee had set up several sub-committees that had achieved nothing.

    He said even the reconciliation committee led by Senator Abdullahi Adamu was just another avenue to waste more time.

    “In March 2021, Buni set up the Congress Strategy and Contact Committee headed by Badaru which was supposed to submit a report on zoning of the Presidential election and other matters. They said at the time that the convention would hold in June 2021. That matter has since been forgotten.

    “Buni set up a reconciliation committee on October 11 but the committee did not start its job until two months later. Obviously, everything is just delay tactics. The truth is that Buni has become so powerful that he wants to be able to determine the Presidential candidate of the APC who will pick him as a running mate,” he said.

    When asked how Buni intended to achieve this, the official said the Yobe State governor and his backers that had succeeded in killing the idea of mandatory direct primaries and would ensure that both the chairman of the APC and the presidential candidate would emerge through consensus.

    He said the consensus method would be used in edging out the likes of Tinubu who had a strong following in the party.

    “We are going to put our foot down and demand that a date for the convention is announced this week. If not, we will take the gloves off. We will no longer allow a tiny cabal in the APC to take us for a ride. Even President Buhari, who is not seeking office, is growing frustrated with these games,” the source said.

    When contacted on the telephone, the spokesman for the Yobe State Governor, Mamman Mohammed, said the issue  was a party affair not a Yobe State issue.

    “We are presently in Abuja and this issue is a party affair not an issue of Yobe State where the governor governs. We are speaking with your colleague here in Abuja,” he said.

    But the National Secretary of the Caretaker committee, John Akpanudoedehe, did not respond to a text message on Tuesday.

    Also, efforts to get Governor Bagudu’s media to react to the plot to foist consensus arrangement on the party and edged out Tinubu did not succeed.

    Even several calls and messages sent to his media aide, Yahaya Sarki, were not returned nor replied, as at the time of going to press.

    But when asked about Malami’s role in the APC crisis, the Spokesman for the AGF, Dr Umar Gwandu, said his principal was preoccupied with his duties as the AGF.

    He said, “The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) is not talking politics but is proving his worth in the discharge of the responsibilities bestowed on him as the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.

    “He is doing wonderfully well as the Attorney-General and not as a politician. Malami does not hold any office in the All Progressive Congress and plays no political role in the party.”

  • Magodo Protest: Sanwo-Olu calls Malami, IGP fixes meeting with judgment creditors

    Magodo Protest: Sanwo-Olu calls Malami, IGP fixes meeting with judgment creditors

    The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, led members of his cabinet to visit residents protesting against the continuous presence of armed policemen in the Magodo Phase 2 Estate area of the state.

    We understands through our correspondent, that the policemen recently accompanied suspected land grabbers and members of a family who planned to demolish property on the estate to execute a Supreme Court judgment.

    During the invasion, the hoodlums used red, brown and blue inks to inscribe ‘ID/795/88 Possession Taken Today 21/12/21 by Court Order,’ on property on the estate.

    The group was about to invade the estate with a bulldozer when the estate management ordered a closure of the gate.

    It took the intervention of Sanwo-Olu before the gates were reopened, as the Inspector-General of Police, Baba Usman, reportedly promised to withdraw the policemen.

    According to our correspondent, the estate gates were again shut around 6am on Tuesday to protest the continuous presence of the policemen.

    Speaking with newsmen at the protest ground, the Chairman of the estate, Bajo Osinubi, said the policemen had remained on the estate despite the governor’s intervention.

    He said, “More than 50 armed policemen are still around and they are restless and didn’t go for Christmas and New Year. In the morning and evening, they carry their guns around and you can imagine what will happen if there is a disagreement between the group and residents and somebody was shot, what will be the reaction of the IGP?”

    There was, however, a mild drama when Sanwo-Olu, who also visited the scene, asked the police team leader to leave the estate with his men.

    He said, “It is a case between the supposed people and Lagos State Government; it has nothing to do with the residents.

    “Please, can you call your superior in Abuja and tell them that the governor is here and as the chief security officer, you don’t have any business to be in my state right now and I want you to disengage.”

    Responding, the police officer said, “I am here on the instruction of the Inspector-General of Police, through the AGF. I am too small or too low to call them.

    Sanwo Olu also responded with “I’ve call the AGF, and he doesn’t know that you are here”

    “How many men are here with you”

    Sanwo Olu asked, Policeman who could not ascertain, the number of men, said he cannot say for security reasons

    Sanwo Olu ignored the man in subtle anger, left the policeman and addressed the newsmen

    He said, “When the first attempt happened about two weeks ago, I intervened and if you remember very well, the action was immediate and there were no incidents again and throughout the festive period, we had started communication.

    “One of the things to first understand is that the residents, the people that have gone to court and the police are my subjects. I have the responsibility to ensure that fairness and equity is entrenched.

    “The people that have come said they have Supreme Court judgment, rightly so. The residents living here have proper titles and means to live here; and of course the Nigeria Police.

    “In the car, I spoke extensively with the IGP and with the Honourable Attorney-General and we have resolved all the issues. What we will see is that there will be a total stand down and tomorrow, around 11am, we will be inviting representatives of the judgment creditors.”

    The governor said a committee had been set up to invite all parties concerned to his office, adding that the state government would resolve the matter.

    He urged residents to go about their lawful business, assuring that nobody would be harassed or their property touched.

    He said, “All of you have been wonderful, so, let us continue to maintain the peace that we have in Magodo and I can assure you that none of your houses will be marked again and the ones that have been marked, we will try and see how we will sort it out because war doesn’t take anybody anywhere; it is on the table that we will all resolve it.

    “I want to appeal to all of you to stand down and go back to your houses as nothing will happen to anyone. I am here to ensure that Magodo continues to remain in peace and safe for our residents. Whatever property that has been locked would be opened as everything would be resolved.”

  • BREAKING: The clearance to use super Tucano against Bandits have been obtained – Attorney General of Federation, Malami

    BREAKING: The clearance to use super Tucano against Bandits have been obtained – Attorney General of Federation, Malami

    The Nigerian government revealed on Tuesday that it had obtained clearance to deploy the Super Tucano jets purchased from the United States against the marauding bandits ravaging the country, particularly in the North-West and North-Central states.

    The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, revealed this, adding that the gazette of the clearance was ongoing.

    Last year, the Federal Government took delivery of the fighter jets after many months of delay.

    However, the US at the time had not given a blank cheque to Nigeria on the use of the fighter jets.
    The US floated a monthly schedule to monitor the deployment of the jets, the battlegrounds and the purpose of the deployment. Some US officers have been coming to Nigeria to evaluate the use of the jets in line with the terms of sale.

    But Malami during an interview on Good Morning Nigeria, a breakfast show on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) on Tuesday, said the Federal Government secured the clearance after assuring America that it would be used according to international best practices.
    He said the gazette of the usage of the Super Tucano Jets was in progress.
    Malami said, “We are also confronted with banditry in the North-West and that is why we acquired Military hardware against terrorists and bandits. They are causing major threats to the lives of Nigerians. The military hardware will be used against them.

    ”The gazetting of the Super Tucano is in progress. The clearance to use the Super Tucano has also been obtained.

  • EFCC Commences Investigation Into Tape Alleging Malami Influences Corruption Cases

    EFCC Commences Investigation Into Tape Alleging Malami Influences Corruption Cases

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced an investigation into a trending audio tape alleging that the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, influences corruption cases.

    In the tape, an operative of the anti-graft agency, Mohammed Idris, accused the justice minister of compromising graft cases.

    “Malami now controls the EFCC. The commission is in his hands. Once Malami speaks, the account will be unfrozen. They are unfreezing suspects’ accounts, including the big cases,” EFCC operative was heard saying in one of the multiple audio recordings obtained by Daily Nigerian.

    But the EFCC in a statement on its verified Facebook page on Thursday said it would activate its internal mechanism to deal with the issues arising therefrom.

    “Without prejudice to the outcome of the investigation, snippets of the audio recording clearly showed an abysmally compromised officer dropping names to ingratiate his benefactor, a relative of a crime suspect,” the statement read.

    “By the alleged action, the said officer is no more than a corrupt fifth columnist with scant regard for the values of the commission.

    “The action is contemptuous of the established Standard Operating Procedure of the EFCC. Such professional indiscretion has no place in the new EFCC.

    “The commission encourages citizens who encounter any such unprofessional conduct by personnel of the EFCC to report to the commission in support of our quest to build a better agency.”

    “Reporting such conducts has been made easy by the Eagle Eye App, a financial crime reporting application which was launched earlier in the year,” Uwujaren further stated.

    According to the EFCC, its operations were guided by established professional precepts “which do not support the kind of discretion that could allow for manipulation by external actors.”