By our reporter| The attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice, Abubakar Malami has said that his office is not investigating Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the ruling All Progressive Congress Party.
The AGF who made the disclosure during an interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today’ programme on Tuesday, however, said he could not say if the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission or the Code of Conduct Bureau were investigating Tinubu since the two agencies had statutory powers to commence probes and prosecute people.
“The Office of the AGF, as you rightly know, has not taken any decision, has not filed or institute any action before any court in the land relating to Bola Ahmed Tinubu. 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. So, I am not in a position to give you a precise answer, Malami said.
“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.”
There are reports that the EFCC recently wrote to the CCB requesting copies of Tinubu’s asset declaration form.
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