The EFCC had recently begun investigating the Tinubu demanding his asset declaration documents
Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation, has said his office has not instigated any investigation on the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
The AGF who said this on Tuesday while speaking during a programme on Channels Television said his office has not asked any agency to investigate the APC chieftain.
He, however, said he cannot tell if the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) are probing Tinubu as it is within their powers to do so.
“The Office of the AGF, as you rightly know, has not taken any decision, has not filed or instituted any action before any court in the land relating to Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he said.
“But then, within the context of the law, as you rightly know, the EFCC and the Code of Conduct are all statutory bodies vested with statutory powers to act within the context of the law establishing them.
“So, I am not in a position to give you a precise answer and I will suggest to you that you may consider inviting the chairman of EFCC or perhaps the chairman of Code of Conduct for elaborate answers associated with those charges if any has been filed by those agencies.
“The Office of the AGF and its arm, which is the Director of Public Prosecutions, has not initiated any proceedings and no investigation has been instituted at its instance by any agency of government be it EFCC or the Code of Conduct Bureau.”
The EFCC had recently begun investigating the Tinubu demanding his asset declaration documents from the Code of Conduct Bureau.
In November 2020, the anti-graft office asked the asset fraud investigation office to supply details of the former Lagos State governor’s asset documents as part of the probe of the politician.
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