2023 presidency: AGF Malami reveals when he’ll leave office

Abubakar Malami (SAN), the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, has said he would not quit his office until next year.

Malami said he would remain in office until the current government leaves power.

He stated this while speaking at the annual media conference organised by the National Association of Judiciary Correspondents (NAJUC) held in Abuja.

According to him, those who rely “on some unprofessional information disseminators will be taken aback that the Malami who was claimed to have resigned was seen in office discharging his functions including attending the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting yesterday (Wednesday), granting interviews to journalists and still today (Thursday) declaring this conference open as the AGF”.

“Effective legislative framework may be a considerable option. It is high time that we enhanced media literacy for Nigerians, to appreciate fact-checking and verification of information,” the minister stated.

The conference had the themes: “The Judiciary and 2023 General Elections: The Way Forward” and “Stemming the Tide of Conflicting Judgements in Nigeria’s Judicial System, Enforcement of Court Judgments: The Obstacles, the Remedies as Sub-themes.”

“Our struggles in the P&ID case symbolised the due diligence policy of the federal government as well as the need to address judgment debt in the interest of the Nigerian public. This has been our position on a number of current national issues.

“Due diligence, assiduous scrutiny as well as beyond-reasonable-doubt exploration and meticulous examinations are in our policy to bequeath the posterity sound and impeccable precedents in determination of issues. It is unfortunate that these legally recognized processes that we strive to strictly adhere to are misconstrued by mischievous publications to convey negative undertones”.