I have no hand in raid of Mary Odili’s residence – Malami

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has stated that neither him nor his office masterminded the purported raid of the Abuja residence of Justice Mary Odili, a Supreme Court Judge and wife of former governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili.

Daily Trust reports that some security operatives, whose identities were yet to be revealed raided the residence of the Judge whose husband has been under the rader of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in recent times.

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However, the anti-graft agency, through its spokesman, Wilson Uwajaren distanced the Commission from the raid.

While commenting on the report linking him to the raid, the AGF, through his Media Assistant, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu said “Malami will not stoop too low to be associated with an apparent in-elegant and nasty court process on the strength of which the purported search warrant was procured.”

“The media reports on the issue depict too untidy process that could never emanate from the Office of the Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.”

Malami also said his ministry will investigate the purported raid.

“The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has since reached out to the relevant authorities for an intensified wider investigation on the matter for necessary actions leading to the prosecution of anyone involved in the matter in view of the fact that the only names on record from the process filed in Court are a purported police officer who claimed to be “O/C Assets Recovery Team” and one Aliyu Umar a deponent in the affidavit.

“The claim of the Chief Magistrate as reported by a section of the media to the effect that he was being misled by office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice into the issuance of the search warrant is equally forwarded to the relevant investigation agencies to ascertain veracity or otherwise of the purported association of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and which officer if any in the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice is associated with such claimed misrepresentation.”