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I didn’t file suit against Atiku’s citizenship – Malami
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Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said he did not institute any legal action on the citizenship of the former Vice President of Nigeria Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
Malami said this in a statement by Dr Umar Gwandu, his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, in Abuja on Wednesday.
“I never filed any case before any court in the country challenging the citizenship of the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar,’’ he said.
Alex Enumah in Abuja
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), yesterday distanced himself from a suit at the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, querying the citizenship of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
Malami, in a statement by his media aide, Dr. Umar Gwandu, denied instituting any legal action on the citizenship of Atiku.
Malami was linked to a suit seeking to disqualify the former vice president from contesting the presidency on the ground that he is not a Nigerian.
However, the minister denied the allegation, saying he “has never filed any case before any court in the country challenging the citizenship of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.”
According to Malami, the matter was part of an election case that started in 2019.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 08, 2021
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, says the case challenging ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar s citizenship started in 2019.
Malami, in a statement issued on Wednesday by his spokesman, Dr. Umar Gwandu, said he did not institute the case, noting it was filed by a civil society organisation – the Incorporated Trustees of Egalitarian Mission for Africa.
According to Malami, the matter was part of an election case that started in 2019. Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has not instituted legal action on the citizenship or otherwise of the former Vice-President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the statement partly read.
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