The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has indicated his readiness to appear before the Justice Ayo Salami-led investigative panel if required.
He said this in response to a letter by the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, to the panel.
Magu is being investigated for alleged abuse of office and other infractions, based on a petition from the Attorney General.
In a letter dated September 4, 2020, and addressed to the probe panel, Magu’s lawyer, Wahab Shittu said that in line with the principle of fair hearing, Malami should be summoned to appear before the panel to give evidence concerning his memo to President Muhammadu Buhari in connection with the inquiry.
During an interview on Arise TV on Wednesday, Malami said he will not hesitate to cooperate with the investigative panel.
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“So, if indeed the Ayo Salami panel invites Abubakar Malami as a person or the AGF in the person of Abubakar Malami for any testimony, for any clarification, for examination or cross-examination for that matter, Abubakar Malami will wholeheartedly, gladly within the spirit and context of the rule of law be there to testify, be there to be cross-examined, be there to be examined within the context of the rule of law”, he said.
“Our position as a government is to be submissive to the rule of law and the rule of law component of it requires that when we are called upon to clarify issues, when we are called upon to be examined, when we are called upon to be cross-examined, Abubakar Malami will be there and will gladly cooperate with the inquiry institution and that indeed was an attribute of the government that translated to the victory we are seeing today arising from P&ID.”
“Abubakar Malami has along the line, within the chain of the arbitral process, submitted to uncountable invitations, responded to uncountable requests for clarification of issues and indeed executed uncountable witness statements for the purpose of putting the record straight and the case of Salami will certainly not be an exception.”