By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said he has not instituted any legal action on the citizenship or otherwise of the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
The minister said this in a statement on Wednesday by Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Dr. Umar Jubrilu Gwandu.
The statement said, "The Honorable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has never filled any case before any court in the country challenging the citizenship of the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar".
According to the statement, the "matter in contention was part of the 2019 pre-election matters instituted by a Civil Society Organization - the Incorporated Trustees of Egalitarian Mission for Africa in suit no: FHC/ABJ/CS/177/2019 in respect of which Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Office of the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation was made a co-defendant.
"The issue had already been widely reported by the media since April 2019. It is unfortunate that stale news stories capable of causing confusion are repackaged and presented to the general public as current news", the statement said. NNL.
