I Swear my hand is not there for Justice Odili’s house invasion: Malami
In a statement on Saturday in Abuja.Dr Umar Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations to Malami , this disclosure to NAN. distanced Malami from what he described as fabrications and concocted lies linking him to the ensuing imbroglio relating to news stories about the searching of the Supreme Court judge residence.
He said the clarification to debunk the
mischievous publication became imperative in view of the media hype and the
dimension the story was taking.
“The public need to know that there was nothing called `Joint Panel Recovery’, under the Ministry of Justice, what we have is `Assets Recovery and Management Unit’, the mandate of which does not include sting operations’’.
He said that numerous incongruities in the
documents being circulated in relation to the saga reveal traces of criminal
actions with particular regards to the name, as contained on the purported
letter headed paper: `Ghost Account for Local Whistle Blowers & Assets Tax
Recovery Panel’;
“The ambiguous reference to `Ministry of
Justice’ without clarifying as to whether it is Federal or State Ministry and
of which state;
“The claimed office address which was revealed
by the letter headed paper which is not the address of the Federal Ministry of
Justice, and the email address used on the letter.
“All these deductions would have assisted a
discerning mind to arrive at a reasonable conclusion of criminal undertones
associated with the court process on the basis of which the purported search
warrant was procured’’.
Gwandu said that the office of the Attorney
General had since reached out to the relevant authorities for an intensified
wider investigation on the matter for necessary action that would lead to the
prosecution of anyone involved in the matter.
“The claim of the chief magistrate as reported
by a section of the media to the effect that he was misled by the office of the
attorney general into the issuance of the search warrant was equally forwarded
to the relevant investigating agencies.
This is to ascertain the veracity, or
otherwise, of the purported association of the Attorney General, or if any
officer in the office of the Attorney General is associated with such claimed
misrepresentation. (NAN)
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