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Tuesday, 24 October 2017

MainaGate: Malami, Dambazau Betrayed Public Trust, Says Public Interest Defenders

A team of human rights lawyers under the aegis of Public Interest Defenders (PID), has demanded that the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) and the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau be fired from office with immediate effect for breach of public trust.
The PID said consequently, they should be investigated and prosecuted for their roles in shielding an evidently corrupt individual.
The organisation hinged its demand on their alleged involvement in the re-engagement of a former chairman of Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) Abdurasheed Maina, who had been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N2 billion pension scam.
The PID in a statement issued in Jos by its chairman, Pelumi Olajengbesi, said both Ministers could not be said to have acted in good conscience nor within the mandate of their respective offices “which demand that public interest be above all other considerations in whatever actions they undertake with the powers of their office.”
The statement was entitled: “Demand for the immediate removal of Abubakar Malami, AGF and Abdulraman Dambazau, Minister for Interior, upon their failed mandate concerning the disgraceful Abdulraheed Maina saga.”

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