The attorney general of the federation and minister of justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has said he never disobeyed the directives of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on All Progressives Congress (APC) State Congresses.
Based on the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof Osinbajo convened a meeting of senior lawyers within the APC on July 30th to resolve the crisis within the party, following the Supreme Court ruling on the Ondo State governorship election.
The report claimed that Osinbajo directed Malami not to go ahead with the state congress but it turned out to be false. In a statement signed by Malami’s special assistant on media and publicity, Umar Gwandu, the AGF said the conduct of the congresses is entirely the affair of the APC and has nothing to do with the minister.He said, “It is important to put the records straight that congresses and the conduct thereof are a function of a political party and not the office of the attorney-general.
“The attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice is not responsible for the implementation of directives relating to party administration as it is rightly known. “It is, therefore, incongruous and antithetical to common sense to think that the attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice refused to obey directives over which he has no legal responsibility to execute.“The allegation does not represent the true position of things, please.
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