The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of<\/p>\n
Justice has denied any involvement in the governorship tussle in Abia
\nState saying he had no hand in the matter. A statement issued by his
\noffice said despite insinuations in the media that he was involved in the
\nsituation in Abia was baseless and advised all the parties in the case to
\nawait a decision of the court.<\/p>\n
The statement reads:<\/em><\/p>\n Abia State: Parties involved should await the decisions of the court -AGF<\/em><\/p>\n 1. The attention of the Office of the Honourable Attorney General of the<\/em> 2. Of particular concern are those who have peddled ill-natured rumours<\/em> 3. I wish to therefore, on behalf of my principal declare that these<\/em> 4. As far as the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation is<\/em> 5. The parties involved should await the decision of the courts.<\/em><\/p>\n 6. In fact, we wish to by this statement advice those in the habit of<\/em> Signed,<\/em><\/p>\n COMRADE SALIHU OTHMAN ISAH<\/em><\/p>\n SPECIAL ADVISER, MEDIA AND PUBLICITY<\/em><\/p>\n TO THE HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE<\/em><\/p>\n 3RD JULY, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has denied any involvement in the governorship tussle in Abia State saying he had no hand in the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nFederation and Minister of Justice has been drawn to the insinuations and<\/em>
\ncrass lies being peddled and disseminated by a cross-section of Nigerians<\/em>
\nand the various media platforms that the Honourable Attorney General of<\/em>
\nthe Federation is behind the legal logjam over the Abia state governorship<\/em>
\nseat and wish to clarify that those canvassing this position have no basis<\/em>
\nto do so.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nwith a view to misinform our discerning populace that the Honourable<\/em>
\nAttorney General of the Federation and by extension, the Federal<\/em>
\nGovernment of Nigeria that gave directives to the Independent National<\/em>
\nElectoral Commission (INEC) to issue Certificate of Return to Dr.<\/em>
\nUchechukwu Ogah declaring him Governor-Elect. He has definitely not taken<\/em>
\nany action either by spoken words or body language as far as this Abia<\/em>
\ngovernorship crisis is concerned.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nrumours are untrue and a figment of the imagination of those pushing these<\/em>
\nselfish, shameless and irredeemable lies into public space which only<\/em>
\ntranslates to partisanship on the side of its purveyors.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nconcerned, the constitutional powers for the legal opinion of his office<\/em>
\nhave not been invoked on this issue. So far, nobody has approached him to<\/em>
\nproffer any legal opinion to it. As a strong believer in the rule of law,<\/em>
\nit is his belief that the law should naturally take its cause. The<\/em>
\nHonourable Attorney General of the Federation will not be dragged into<\/em>
\nthis controversy and mind-games being played out by the various legal<\/em>
\nminds and spin doctors of both camps at this point.<\/em><\/p>\n
\ndragging the highly esteemed Office of the Honourable Attorney General of<\/em>
\nthe Federation and Minister of Justice into knotty issue of this kind even<\/em>
\nwhen it is yet to take a position. They should desist from these<\/em>
\nunwarranted presumptions henceforth.<\/em><\/p>\n