By Dansu Peter
The Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has been accused of joining forces with the dreaded cabal at the Presidency to undermine and frustrate the Acting President over continuing poor and deteriorating health of President Muhammadu Buhari.
A former University Administrator and Newspaper columnists who pleaded anonymity according to Vanguard Newspaper said a “cabal” was out to cut the Acting President to size, adding that there are subtle moves by the power brokers to elevate the AGF as Vice President in the event of President Buhari’s inability to carry on with his duties as President and Commander-in-Chief.
“A terrible war is raging between the cabal and Osinbajo. The cabal, we learn, wants the AGF AS Vice President if Baba (President Buhari) can’t resume duties,” he said.
Reactions have continued to trail the ongoing raging battle between the Senate and Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo over the latter’s questioning of the Senate powers to confirm Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Reports in the traditional tabloids and online platforms had credited Professor Osinbajo as saying that the Senate’s confirmation of some presidential nominees was not needed; a development that reportedly infuriated the lawmakers to the point of threatening not to screen nominees send to them for confirmation in the future.
Matters got to a head at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday when the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) reportedly stated that Osinbajo’s position was largely his own and not a reflection of the position taken at the FEC meeting.
He made the declaration in Kaduna at the commissioning of the Zonal office of the EFCC.
According to Professor Osinbajo, “he will remain the EFCC chairman as long as I remain the Acting President and as well as Muhammadu Buhari remains the President”.
“We have confidence in Magu to fight corruption to a standstill. He will remain the EFCC chairman as long as I remain the acting president and as long as Muhammadu Buhari remains the president,”
“For those thinking that corruption is beginning to win this war, Magu will remain their nightmare for the next two years or six years as the case may be,” he said.
The Senate had called for the removal of Magu, whose nomination it rejected twice, from his role as the antigraft agency’s boss.
“We have confidence in Magu to fight corruption to a standstill. He will remain the EFCC chairman as long as I remain the acting president and as long as Muhammadu Buhari remains the president,”
“For those thinking that corruption is beginning to win this war, Magu will remain their nightmare for the next two years or six years as the case may be,” he said.
The Senate had called for the removal of Magu, whose nomination it rejected twice, from his role as the antigraft agency’s boss.
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