$17 Million Shady Payments Allegedly Ordered by AGF Malami: CHRICED Urges Buhari to Take Swift Action

Resource Center for Human Rights & Civic Education | 10 September, 2018

The Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education (CHRICED) is seriously disturbed by reports that the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, ordered the payment of $17million to two lawyers, supposedly handling the final repatriation of the Abacha loot from the Swiss government. Although the payment was reportedly blocked by the Minister of Finance Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, the audacity behind such an opaque, fraudulent and questionable transaction initiated from the office of the AttorneyGeneral of the Federation (AGF), calls for serious scrutiny and sanctions, if President Muhammadu Buhari is to salvage whatever credibility is left off the anti-corruption crusade.  Download Full Report

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