It appears Danjuma Goje’s recent decision to step down from contesting for the seat of the Senate President has begun to yield dividend.
This unusual romance between the EFCC and the AGF attracted criticism from the public. Until now, the two agencies rarely got along on how best to fight corruption. They viewed each other with suspicion. Justice Mohammed Idris had, on February 23, 2016 ordered them to sort out who, between them, should prosecute the case, but the issue was not resolved.In 2017, the EFCC and the AGF disagreed again on the handling of ‘high profile cases’.had the right to initiate new high-profile corruption cases and investigate them without waiting for cases initiated by the EFCC.The EFCC and AGF also maintained polar positions on the Malabu saga.
In another charge, the EFCC sued Etete, Adoke, Abubakar and eight others over an alleged $801 million bribe, in respect of the auctioning of the Malabu oil block. After several years of dragging the matter, the court on March 22 of this year, quashed 19 out of the 21 counts of alleged N25 billion conspiracy and money laundering filed against the former governor.
He said, “We wish to inform the court that the case has been transferred to office of AGF and documents concerning this case were officially handed over to us by EFFC on Wednesday. We need time to look properly into the documents before we proceed with the case.” “This is our humble application and urge your Lordship to grant our application,” he reportedly said.He simply said: “My Lord, we are not opposing the application but we are urging your Lordship to evoke the provision of section 2 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 and acquit them of the charges.”
“The EFCC Act is subject to the overriding power of the AGF and there is no court in Nigeria that can stop them. Under Section 150 of the Constitution, the Chief Law Officer of the federation is the AGF.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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