A leaked document and email from one Olarewaju Suraju, who claimed to be the Chairman of Civil Society Against Corruption, showed a desperate move to unseat the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami.
The Chairman of Integrity Group Against Corruption, Bello Gambo Iliya, showed the leaked email to reporters in Kano on Tuesday.
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According to reports, the leaked email, titled: “Complaint Against Malami”, was dated Monday 27th July 2020 and signed by one Lanre.
Gambo said the email was intended to garner support from civil society organisations.
The letter reads: “Dear Colleagues, I am checking to know if you and your organisation will be interested in jointly signing this document and any other Comrades you know.
“Please kindly revert ASAP.”
According to the email, the writer was demanding support to petition President Muhammadu Buhari against Malami.
“Olaruwanju Surajo claimed to be the Chair of Human and Environment Development Agenda in 2018 when he addressed a press conference on relevant matter and now he chairs Anti-corruption NGO.
“Recall that for days, it appears their efforts to get people to own the document failed as he resorted to emailing some NGOs to achieve their sinister motive.
“It was clearly verified that the said man was busy struggling to get support from civil society organisations against the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.”
Gambo, therefore, appealed to Malami to remain resolute in the fight against corruption, adding that “people like Lanre are survivalists trying to revive themselves through sponsorship against authorities fighting corruption in the country.”
Malami has been receiving knocks from some groups following the recent indictment of the acting chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu over corruption.
He was accused of staging an expensive wedding for his eldest son, Abdulazeez, as well as buying him a luxury apartment worth N300 million in Abuja which he had denied.
