Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN)
The
House of Representatives on Thursday said it did not at any time
absolve the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,
Mr. Mohammed Adoke, of complicity in the controversial $1.09bn Malabu
oil deal.
The House directed Adoke to correct the
impression he had created before the international community that the
legislature had cleared him.
The House’s position was contained in a separate report on the matter, which the lawmakers endorsed in Abuja on Thursday.
The short report was presented by the House Committee on Justice headed by Mr. Ali Ahmad.
It referred to a letter Adoke wrote some
foreign non-governmental organisations on May 20, 2013, where he gave
the impression that the House had cleared him.
It noted that paragraph six of Adoke’s
letter “gives the impression that the House of Representatives is one of
those authorities that approved the deal involving OPL 245.”
The Ahmad report observed that the House
had yet to consider the report of the Malabu investigation, which was
conducted by the Deputy House Leader, Mr. Leo Ogor.
The report added, “Based on our findings
and observations, and without prejudice to the report of the Ad Hoc
Committee on the Malabu Oil and Gas Company Limited and other pending
reports of the House on the issue, we recommend that the
attorney-general be directed to make an appropriate correction in
paragraph six of the letter in question in line with paragraph (vi) of
our findings and observations, and communicate same to those concerned
for record purposes.”
....9ja...hmmn!..na wah ooo!
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