Impeach Shehu Abubakar Malami
By eeetuk

Shehu Abubakar Malami is Nigeria attorney general and minister of justice. His claimed that banning open grazing as ordered by Southern governors’ conference is unconstitutional makes him a liar. The 1999 constitution of Nigeria provides no law on grazing of cows and cattle. That leaves power to state governors to regulate on the issue of grazing.

Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa is a senior of Nigeria. And here is what Mr. Adegboruwa told Vanguard newspaper regarding Abubakar Malami claim to the constitution to support open grazing: “The proponents of open grazing support it with the right to freedom of movement granted under section 41 of the Constitution. This section cannot be interpreted to violate other constitutional provisions, especially section 43 that grants the right to private or public property. “You cannot deploy the right to movement of person and cattle to violate the right of another citizen to own property, such as land or farmland, or else you become a trespasser. It is in this regard that I disagree with the Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation when he said that the ban on open grazing is unconstitutional. That cannot represent a proper interpretation of the Constitution, with all due respect. “The AGF is a member of the Executive arm of government, under section 5 of the Constitution. The Constitution has not assigned any role to the AGF to make proclamations for the country. To that extent, his comment is ultra vires, being beyond and outside his office as a Minister. The role of interpreting the Constitution is the exclusive preserve of the Courts under the Constitution,” he said. The activist SAN charged the Houses of Assembly of the States that have proscribed open grazing to go ahead to make laws to support their declarations. “It is only after then that the AGF can approach the court for judicial interpretation.” [ From Vanguard, May 20, 2021 “Prohibition of Open grazing is constitution, ]

How can Abubakar Malami equate right of movement by a person to that of cows and cattle?

That is what Abubakar Malami is relying on to support open grazing—a move that could lead to another civil war in Nigeria. I know President Buhari is not going to fire Abubakar Malami because like Buhari, he is a Northern Nigerian Muslim. So, that leaves the responsibility of removing Abubakar Malami from the office to the Nigerian senate to conduct hearing for impeachment.

Will the Nigerian senate hold hearings to impeach Abubakar Malami? Given the history of Nigerian lawmakers—they only come to congress to make money, I can assure, nothing will be done. That leaves me to call on Nigerian State governors to act.

State governors in Nigeria need to stop asking Buhari administration to provide them with guidelines on handling herdsmen and their cows. Instead, the Nigerian state governors should rely on 1978 land act. This act gives every state governor in Nigeria exclusive power to determine who should come to their states and who should not. That means citizens should blame their state governors if action of herdsmen hurts local people.
Who disagree?

Even laymen know that Senior Advocate of Nuisance in the person of Malami is a disgruntled jihadists trying to arm twist the Constitution to suite their agenda.

They can continue to constitute their nuisance in the north with there cows,Dogo Gide ,and Black are their to pay them visits one after the other.

But Up south here,no more open grazing period.

all this noise, impeach him na