By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North
Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, came
out to defend himself last night, denying being behind spurious
lawsuits aimed at scuttling the rescheduled March 28 and
April 11, 2015 elections.
Adoke also denied being given the sum of N2 billion from
President Goodluck Jonathan to sponsor cases in court to
disqualify Major General Muhammadu Buhari fromm the ballot
and stop the election from holding on the scheduled dates.
The AGF made the clarification in a statement made available
to Saturday Vanguard by his Senior Special Assistant, Mr.
Peter Akper, in Abuja on Friday.
The clarifications were made by the AGF in response to an
online publication, which had accused him of sponsoring
spurious groups with the huge war chest he received from the
President to stop Buhari from contesting the election or halt
the polls altogether to prevent Jonathan from handing over to
the former military ruler.
Akper said: “I wish to categorically state from my vantage
position that these allegations are not only false but are
designed to harass, distract and intimidate the Attorney
General from discharging his duties.
“Let Nigerians be assured that the Attorney General of the
Federation remains committed to the conduct of free, fair and
credible elections and within the time frame clearly stipulated
in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999
and the Electoral Act, as amended.
“”Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke is very conscious of the ethical
and professional demands of his high office and his
constitutional responsibility as ‘Guardian’ of the Constitution
and has demonstrated this time and again in the discharge of
his duties.
He is one Public Officer that has the moral conviction and
courage to speak the truth at all times in the defence of
national interest no matter whose ox is gored.
“Aware of his place in history and the experiences of his
predecessors in office, Mr. Adoke has refrained from
partisanship and has not allowed it to becloud his sense of
judgment.
The AGF said that it was his respect for the laws of Nigeria
that he recently withdrew an affidavit secretly deposed to by a
lawyer in his office in support of a case filed against the use
of card reader and PVC by the INEC and subsequently queried
the affected staff for going behind him to file the brief.
He said he regarded the action of the staff as a perverse
interpretation of relevant provisions of the Constitution and
the Electoral Act and would not allow him to go unpunished
for that act of indiscretion.
It will be recalled that several lawsuits have sprung up in
court against the APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu
Buhari, and the INEC since the commissioned was advised by
security chiefs to shift the polls by six weeks.
While most of the groups have filed suits seeking to stop
Buhari from contesting against Jonathan on the grounds that
the Nigerian Army had denied possession of his service
records including his School Certificate, the others have taken
INEC to court asking it to drop the use of card readers and
permanent voter cards since they were strange to the Nigerian
electoral system.

Even if he was bribed to file the law suits will he come out publicily to say so Our democrazy is full of lies and deciet

This is just mere propaganda. Does he need to be paid before working for his party if at all there is need to do so. It's like saying the General paid Amaechi to campaign for him. Let's join hands to build one Nigeria. God bless Nigeria.




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people are funny

If Buhari has a certificate, 1 trillion dollar will amount to nothing because Buhari will simply bring his certificate

so rather than innuendoes about who has been bribed, Buhari should do the easy thing and produce his certificate or face the consequences

sai papa