The probe of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, for “dragging” Senate President Bukola Saraki, his deputy Ike Ekweremadu and two others to court for alleged forgery of the Senate 2011 Standing Rules turned an anti-climax yesterday. The AGF rattled a six-member Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters investigating the “imminent threat to Nigeria’s democracy” allegation levelled against Malami.
The committee, chaired by Senator David Umaru, appeared to be divided. The other members are James Manager, Joshua Lidani, Babajide Omoworare, Chukwuka Utazi and Ovie Omo-Agege. Manager left the Hearing Room 120 venue without saying a word. Other members of the committee argued openly, before the man they were probing.
A member accused another of “trying to water down the question he asked the AGF to create a window of escape for him”.
