{"id":78828,"date":"2021-02-25T18:20:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T17:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=78828"},"modified":"2021-02-25T18:20:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T17:20:20","slug":"the-biggest-problem-of-the-efcc-is-the-nations-attorney-general-malami-says-sagay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/the-biggest-problem-of-the-efcc-is-the-nations-attorney-general-malami-says-sagay\/","title":{"rendered":"The biggest problem\u00a0of the EFCC is the nation&#8217;s Attorney-General, Malami says Sagay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has said the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), will interfere in the duties of the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, and prevent him from succeeding.<\/p>\n<p>The PACAC chairman, who was a staunch supporter of former acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, said Malami is a politician and must not be allowed to directly control the activities of the EFCC as this could derail the anti-corruption war of the Federal Government.<\/p>\n<p>The senior advocate, who had in 2019 led a delegation to the Senate to push for Magu\u2019s confirmation, stated that Malami had become too powerful.<\/p>\n<p>On the independence of the EFCC, Sagay said, \u201cThis issue is a very big question because I noticed that they both come from the same state of Kebbi and they may even be related. For me, that is not a very healthy thing because the chairman of the EFCC and the EFCC are supposed to be independent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are not politicians, they are trained security officers. The attorney-general is a politician who has all the weaknesses and loads of a politician. He has people he is obliged to. He has people who are close to him. Some of them may be criminals who might have committed crimes. In fact, some of them may deliberately do things because they think they know the attorney-general.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, in such a situation, if Bawa is related to the attorney-general, then there will be a problem because he will not be able to do his job freely because the attorney-general will certainly interfere. He has already indicated his tendency to interfere in both the EFCC and the ICPC with the regulations he purported to make months ago. So, I am not comfortable at all that the possibility that they might be related.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMalami has never been inclined to allow the anti-corruption agencies to operate freely. He is always sitting on their neck one way or the other. I have complained about that several times and nothing has happened. In fact, he has become more powerful. So, I will not be comfortable if they are related. 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