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I’m Not Behind Tinubu’s EFCC Probe – Malami

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Mar 10, 2021.

Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), says the investigation of Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is not at his behest as he did not order any agency to probe him (Tinubu).

Ekohotblog reports that Malami said this when he featured on a programme on Channels Television on Tuesday.

Malami said his office has not instituted any legal action against the APC Chieftain before any court in the country.

Malami disclosed that he’s not privy to investigation of Tinubu by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).

He, however, averred that the two agencies have the power to probe the former Lagos state governor.

“The Office of the AGF, as you rightly know, has not taken any decision, has not filed or instituted any action before any court in the land relating to Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he said.

“But then, within the context of the law as you rightly know, the EFCC and the Code of Conduct are all statutory bodies vested with statutory powers to act within the context of the law establishing them.

Malami said he was not in position to know whether there are already charges against Tinubu, adding that the chairman of the EFCC and that of the CCB are in better position to know about such developments.

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“So am not in a position to give you a precise answer and I will suggest to you that you may consider inviting the chairman of EFCC or perhaps the chairman of Code of Conduct for elaborate answers associated with those charges if any has been filed by those agencies.

“The Office of the AGF and its arm, which is the Director of Public Prosecutions, has not initiated any proceedings and no investigation has been instituted at its instance by any agency of government be it EFCC or the Code of Conduct Bureau.”

The EFCC had reportedly begun investigating the former Lagos governor demanding copies of Tinubu’s asset declaration form from CCB.