Abubakar Malami, Nigeria's Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, has declared that he did not personally recruit individuals or companies to collect government debts for him. He stated that recovery agents engaged by his office were institutional and not his agents. His spokesman, Umar Gwandu, said this in a statement on Friday, in reaction to the
Abubakar Malami, Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, has declared that he did not personally recruit individuals or companies to collect government debts for him.His spokesman, Umar Gwandu, said this in a statement on Friday, in reaction to the controversy trailing the process.
“Such engagements were purely based on the interest of the general public as a guiding principle,” he noted.
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