Malami asks EFCC chair to step aside, alleges bias

Malami

A former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has demanded the immediate recusal of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from his ongoing investigation, alleging bias, personal vendetta and political persecution linked to his recent defection to the African Democratic Congress.

In a strongly worded press release issued on Monday by his media aide, Muhammad Doka, Malami accused the EFCC of conducting what he described as an “illegal detention, media harassment and procedural abuse,” insisting that the probe against him was not driven by law enforcement considerations but by “deep-seated historical animosity” on the part of the EFCC leadership.

“I have been clearly pre-judged and cannot receive a fair, objective or lawful investigation under the current leadership of the EFCC,” Malami said.

The former justice minister anchored his claims on events dating back to his tenure as AGF, when the Federal Government constituted the Justice Ayo Salami Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate allegations of corruption and abuse of office within the EFCC. Punch