Cracks In Buhari Government As Attorney-General Malami Counters Keyamo Over APC Leadership

The Attorney General Abubakar Malami has countered the call for the chairman of the caretaker committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, to resign.

The call was made recently by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, and some other People Democratic People members, but Malami has countered it in what appeared to be cracks within the Muhammadu Buhari government.

This was conveyed in a statement released on Thursday as Malami, who laid out his argument in a 20-point against the decision reached by the Supreme Court, described the interpretation of the 1999 Constitution as “stretched.”

“Therefore, it is shocking that the interpretation of Section 183 of the 1999 Constitution, in light of the above-quoted decision of the Supreme Court, could be stretched in some quarters to state that chairmanship of an ad-hoc committee duly constituted by the National Executive Committee of a registered political party (by a registered member of the Party) could constitute paid employment or an executive position as envisaged under Section 183 of the Constitution,” Malami wrote.

The Supreme Court judgment in the Ondo State governorship election appeal involving Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and PDP’s Eyitayo Jegede, ended with the judges agreeing that it was illegal for Mr Buni to be the governor of Yobe State and also hold an elective position.

The 4-3 split judgment by the judges dismissed Jegede’s appeal holding that he did not join Buni in the suit where he is centre to.

Malami who dismissed Keyamo’s concerns noted that the draftsmen of the Constitution would not have considered the position Buni holds as an elective position due to its meritless nature.

“To further show the meritless nature of the position under review, assuming without conceding that the argument is right, then, it will equally be contrary to the spirit and intent of Section 183 of the Constitution for any sitting Governor to be Chairman of say the Governors’ Forum, Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, or any other similar body. This, in my humble view, can definitely not be the intention of the drafters of the 1999 Constitution."

 The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Keyamo, had called on Buni to resign immediately, following the apex court’s judgement.

He said the decision reached by judges of the court could be weaponised by persons aggrieved by the APC congresses and could challenge the competence of the Buni-led CECPC to organise the congresses and National Convention.

he Attorney General Abubakar Malami has countered the call for the chairman of the caretaker committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, to resign

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Most political parties are only organised when its time for election

Pauldollars:
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garfield1, fergie001
Do you agree with this position by our quota system AGF

Their downfall is imminent...you can't supervise the worse government in human history without repercussion. Law of karma

Malami is right

Keyamo is wrong.

Juliusmalema:
Malami is right

Keyamo is wrong.

because he's from futa jallon

Nawa

Agboriotejoye:


garfield1,
Do you agree with this position by our quota system AGF

SECTION 183
The Governor shall not, during the period when he holds office, hold any other Executive Office or paid employment in any capacity whatsoever.

Political Parties are Constitutionally-recognised entities.

Governors Forum is a Pressure Group. He is doing gra gra.....Buni will go.

Bundle of contradictions.

Some of these noise making APC members will become irrelevant and inconsequential fellows as soon as the presidential election is concluded.

Future will tell who is right or wrong.

fergie001:

SECTION 183
The Governor shall not, during the period when he holds office, hold any other Executive Office or paid employment in any capacity whatsoever.

Political Parties are Constitutionally-recognised entities.

Governors Forum is a Pressure Group. He is doing gra gra.....Buni will go.

Malami continues to suffer from issues of anachronism. To borrow a phrase from respected SAN Rotimi Akeredolu, Malami remains "unable to distill issues as expected of a Senior Advocate.”
Comparing being Chairman of a Forum of Governors with chairman of a political party is just like saying the Senate President or Speaker of the house is no longer a senator or a rep because he holds that position. The position of a chairman of a political party apart from being elective is an executive position since he is responsible for the daily running of the party. Is it that Malami is not aware of this important fact?

Agboriotejoye:
Malami continues to suffer from issues of anachronism. To borrow a phrase from respected SAN Rotimi Akeredolu, Malami remains "unable to distill issues as expected of a Senior Advocate.”
Comparing being Chairman of a Forum of Governors with chairman of a political party is just like saying the Senate President or Speaker of the house is no longer a senator or a rep because he holds that position. The position of a chairman of a political party apart from being elective is an executive position since he is responsible for the daily running of the party. Is it that Malami is not aware of this important fact?

He feels he can get away with everything.......but the sensible ones amongst them know the implication.

Buni will leave....that's a given.

Agboriotejoye:



garfield1, fergie001
Do you agree with this position by our quota system AGF

Walahi..that guy nah quota system

The kind lawlessness instituted by this APC @ all strata of leadership is gonna take eternity to reverse.

I don't see crack's!! I see Holly koboko lashing their plans and causing confusion within them...

They can't starve the children of God and go unpunished!!

Agboriotejoye:
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The attorney general of Abacha loot, ECA funds, APC and Northern Nigeria is banking on the technicalities pilot to rape the constitution when the time comes. Lady justice tighten your veil and teach these half-baked that justice is blind.

How come APC is this bad? It surprises me how lawless they are. They don't regard the judiciary at all.

If Malami had half a brain, he would listen to Keyamo who love him or hate him is a very intelligent lawyer except Malami himself is trying to destroy the APC from within due to his profound ignorance of the law or other more sinister motives. They survived losing Ondo state by the whiskers and incompetence of PDP's lawyers

athaboi:
Their downfall is eminent...you can't supervise the worse government in human history without repercussion. Law of cama

Karma, you mean.

Kindly correct.

fergie001:

He feels he can get away with everything.......but the sensible ones amongst them know the implication.

Buni will leave....that's a given.

The dude just keeps disgracing the country and the legal profession at large.
I mean, the AGF position is supposed to be based on sound legal interpretation and thoughts.
An AGF should be selected from among the best minds in the legal profession. It's funny this is the same guy who was insulting Kaycee Mmadu. Just look at his kindergarten interpretation.

Where is the crack?

Mtchew...

fergie001:

SECTION 183
The Governor shall not, during the period when he holds office, hold any other Executive Office or paid employment in any capacity whatsoever.

Political Parties are Constitutionally-recognised entities.

Governors Forum is a Pressure Group. He is doing gra gra.....Buni will go.

This section 183 is very clear but the apc is still arguing that the chairmanship position of the apc the governor of yobe state is currently holding is not a paid employment.

It's such a pity that the same Keyamo who couldn't win his polling unit during the last election could be the one fighting over the apc leadership...

Any ways,they aren't better off than one another....Just a new brand of similar criminals

Anything to move our darling nation forward is what we are after, not all these political shenanigans.

God bless Nigeria.

“We cannot solve problems with the kind of
thinking we employed when we came up with
them.” — Albert Einstein

Okoroawusa:
Where is the crack?

Mtchew...

No mind dem jare patriot.
As we always say on this forum : rumors are spread by fools and believe by idiots.

We Rise.

OK ooh

Malami and politics. The country's Chief lawyer in a party squabble. Is He not busy?

His head like burnt Akara

Wetin concern malami with politics