The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Mallami , said on Saturday that he did not stop anti-corruption agencies from investigating alleged fraud in Nigeria Incentive-
based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending.But the minister has kept mum over a Friday’s report that he had sent a memo to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , advising him to remove the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu.
It added that the AGF was frustrating the probe of the fraud and had ordered security agencies to stop the investigation. It cited a letter by the AGF sent to the Inspector-General of Police with reference number: DPPA/NIRSAL/110/20, and dated February 4, 2020. The statement which quoted relevant portions of the letter stated, “It is pertinent to submit for all intent and purposes that the statement as quoted above does not convey the mischievous conclusion of stopping of the investigation of NIRSAL as portrayed by an online Media called Sahara Reporters.
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