Coalition Tells President Buhari To Order Malami To Release Melaye’s Case File, Threatens Legal Action Against AGF

The Civil Society Network Against Corruption has written to President Muhammadu Buhari, asking him to right away order the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to release the corruption file of ex-senator, Dino Melaye.

The group also threatened action against Malami if he continues to carry on to the case file of Melaye, an act said to be shielding the previous senator, who represented Kogi West, against justice.

SaharaReporters had in December 2015 published how Melaye had since 2010 illegally operated bank accounts within the us of America.

After the revelation, CSNAC, a coalition of over 150 anti-corruption organisations whose primary aim is to constructively combat corruption vigorously, wrote the Code of Conduct Bureau to research Melaye.

Malami, however, went secretly to get the case file from the bureau and had since squashed the investigation of Melaye.

After numerous inquiries, the CCB finally revealed that Malami had appropriated the case file of Melaye.

Following silence by the minister, CSNAC invoked the liberty of data Act, urging Buhari to direct Malaimi to release the case enter subsequent seven days.

“As President of the country, you've got the responsibility to make sure equity within the campaign against corruption.

“The fight against corruption can never succeed when the claws of law are deployed during a discriminatory manner or wont to score cheap political gains,” the CSNAC stated within the petition signed by the group's Legal Officer, Rebecca David.

CSNAC also threatened action against Malami for obstructing the explanation for justice within the matter.

“Series of requests are submitted to your office to release the file on Senator Melaye. There are serious cases of corruption levelled against him. 

“The cases were to be prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

“It’s unfortunate that you simply ordered the transfer of the file leaving Senator Melaye with the prospect of escaping justice within the face of the weighty allegations

against him.

“There are speculations that Senator Melaye is your bossom friend which the transfer of the file on corruption cases against him was designed to offer him a soft landing.

“You need to prove these allegations false by releasing the file without further delay,” CSNAC stated.