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I Won’t Resign – Abubakar Malami Insists He Will Complete His Tenure

Abubakar Malami (SAN), Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, has stated that he will not resign from office, but rather will see his tenure come to a “glorious end” by May 2023.
He denied reports that he resigned from office during his keynote address on Thursday, March 17, at a conference organized by the National Association of Judiciary Correspondents in Abuja.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Abubakar Malami (SAN), Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, has stated that he will not resign from office, but rather will see his tenure come to a “glorious end” by May 2023.

He denied reports that he resigned from office during his keynote address on Thursday, March 17, at a conference organised by the National Association of Judiciary Correspondents in Abuja.

Malami said: “It is high time that we enhance media literacy for Nigerians to appreciate fact-checking and verification of information.

“Many who relied on some unprofessional information disseminators will be taken aback that the Malami that was claimed to have resigned as Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice was still seen in office discharging his functions including attending the Federal Executive Council meeting yesterday, granting interviews to journalists and still today declaring this conference open as the Attorney General of the Federation.

“There is naturally an end to everything. My tenure in office has not yet ended. I pray for a glorious end.”

Malami was the defunct Congress for Progressive Change’s National Legal Adviser. He was a resource person to the Manifesto Drafting Sub-Committee of the Inter Joint Party Merger Committees between the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), and the All Nigeria Peoples Party during the formation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2013. (ANPP).

In 2014, Abubakar ran for the All Progressives Congress governorship ticket in Kebbi State, but dropped out during the party primaries in favour of Atiku Bugudu.

Abubakar was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 11 November 2015, making him the youngest minister in Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet. President Muhammadu Buhari reappointed him as Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation on August 21, 2019.

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