The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has made moves to exonerate himself from the illegal payment of millions of dollars to some consultants without the consent of President Muhammadu Buhari. The payment was part of the $418 million in Paris Club refund-related judgment debts. President Buhari on August 03, 2022, during a Federal Executive Council meeting, directed the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, to suspend plans to begin the deduction of the $418 million allegedly owed to the contractors from the federation accounts.
Justice SB Belgore of the Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered the freezing of a bank account linked to a Paris Club consultant, Panic Alert Security System Limited, over an alleged breach of contract. A lawyer, Ikechukwu Ezechukwu (SAN) had in suit no FCT/HC/CV/2615/22 urged the court to freeze the bank account domiciled in United Bank of Africa linked to the company pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed in the suit.