A former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has asked the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukayode to recuse himself from his ongoing investigation.
This is as Malami accused Olukayode of bias, personal vendetta and political persecution linked to his recent defection to the African Democratic Congress.
Malami, who stated this through his media aide, Muhammad Doka, on Monday, alleged that the EFCC is conducting what he described as an illegal detention, media harassment and procedural abuse.
The former AGF insisted that the probe against him was not driven by law enforcement considerations but by deep-seated historical animosity on the part of the EFCC leadership.
“I have been clearly pre-judged and cannot receive a fair, objective or lawful investigation under the current leadership of the EFCC,” Malami insisted.