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Police Interrogate Malami Over Siege On Justice Mary Odili’s Home
The Inspector-Common of Police, Usman Baba, says the Lawyer Common of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has been interviewed over the latest invasion of the residence of Justice Mary Odili.
Baba made this recognized when he obtained a delegation of Rivers’ elders and elected representatives led by Governor Nyesom Wike on the Drive Headquarters, Abuja on Tuesday.
The IGP mentioned the police interviewed Malami based mostly on the confession of the lead suspect, Lawrence Ajodo, who had claimed to be a marketing consultant to the minister.
Baba said that Malami denied ever assembly Ajodo or ever being on the payroll of the Ministry of Justice below his supervision.
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The police boss, nevertheless, mentioned the minister truly confirmed that his ministry had initially constituted a restoration workforce, however that workforce had since been disbanded.
Baba said that the suspects concerned within the unlawful siege have been nonetheless in police custody amid the continuing investigation and would quickly be charged to court docket.
Talking on the problem of the Justice of the Peace who issued the search warrant, the IGP mentioned a letter was despatched to the Chief Registrar of the Federal Capital Territory requesting his launch for questioning.
He added that the Justice of the Peace will quickly be questioned, saying that he has not denied the truth that he issued a search warrant that led to the unlawful raid.
He mentioned, “We wrote a letter to the Chief Registrar of FCT to launch the Justice of the Peace, and as a substitute of releasing him, they replied to our letter, plus his assertion to us. So, we don’t need to decide any quarrel.
“What we wanted was the assertion. We’re engaged on the assertion. He has not denied the truth that he issued a search warrant and that’s what we needed to substantiate.”
Earlier, Governor Wike appealed to the police boss to unravel the actual motive behind the latest invasion of the residence of Justice Odili.
He additionally charged the IGP to make sure that all these immediately or not directly concerned within the unlawful raid face the complete wrath of the legislation.
Police Interrogate Malami Over Siege On Justice Mary Odili’s House
