ABUJA - The Attorney General of the Federation
and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami,
SAN, on Thursday, insisted that the Senate
President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike
Ekweremadu, have a case to answer over alleged
forgery of the Senate Standing Orders, 2015.
The AGF, in a statement he issued through his
media aide, Mr. Salihu Othman Isah, said it was
"quite unfortunate" that the Senate construed
move by the Federal Government to dock Saraki
and Ekweremadu as "a coup against the
legislature with a view to cause a leadership
change in the National Assembly".
Malami said his attention was drawn to a press
statement by the Senate, signed by Senator Aliyu
Sabi Abdullahi, Chairman, Senate Committee on
Media and Affairs, on June 19.
He said the statement entitled, ‘Forgery Case, An
Unconstitutional Violation of Principles of
Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances’,
was published in some national dailies and social
media platforms.
Malami who maintained that his office was
empowered under Section 174 (1) of the 1999
Constitution and vested with the power to
undertake and initiate criminal proceedings in any
court of law in Nigeria, accused the Senate of
deliberately raising allegations "to whip up
sentiments of Nigerians".
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