The Centre for Anti-Corruption
and Open Leadership, CACOL (CACOL), says President Buhari’s directive to the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to ensure prosecution of those
involved in the Malabu OPL 245 scam was an indication that the Attorney General
of the Federation, Abubarkar Malami (SAN) has failed.
It said by given the task to the
EFCC, Buhari has shown that acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu, was fighting graft
better than Malami.
Debo Adeniran, CACOL Executive
Chairman, in a statement on Tuesday stated that Malami has been throwing
spanners into the wheel of activities of the president to curb corruption in
the country.
It lamented how Malami asked
Buhari that those involved in the scam be freed from prosecution.
“It would be recalled that
amongst many, the AGF is still under various scrutiny for the roles of his
office in bringing back through the back door the indicted pension funds
scammer, Abdulrasheed Maina into the public service of the Federation.
“Curiously while the world is
upholding global anti-corruption standards, some public officials are still
living in the cocoon of crude Stone Age colluding with perpetrators of public
funds looting and vicarious scams.
“CACOL salutes the audacity and
patriotic steadfastness of the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu who had kept the Presidency abreast of
developments on the Malabu case, a matter which our organisation has valiantly
called for its thorough investigations and apprehension of culprits.
“It is equally worthy of
commendation that Magu was never cowed by the AGF’s memo to stop the
investigation rather he wrote a counter-memo on the strength of which the
Federal Government based its directive to the anti-corruption agency.
“A new scandal has unfolded
around the office of the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance
Scheme, Prof. Yusuf Usman who is suspected to have illegally withdrawn
N10Billion from the coffers of the Funds with active connivance of a cabal who
are believed to have held the Presidency in bondage including the AGF and
others within the cabinet!
“CACOL and its members across the
entire gamut of our great country unequivocally assert that the Attorney
General of the Federation, Abubarkar Malami has totally lost any iota of
credibility to occupy that exalted office,
“The directive of Mr. Presidency
to the EFCC is a manifest and clear statement that Malami is no longer capable
of discharging his constitutional duties without fears or favour.
“We call for his immediate
resignation, if he dithers, President Muhammed Buhari must sack him
“forthrightly” for the campaign against corrupt public officials to have
tangible meaning”.
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