CSO seeks review of civil matter turned to criminal case by AGF

The Africa Center for Good Governance and Corruption Free Communities, a civic organization, has expressed interest that a civilian substance against a quality rights lawyer, Barrister Victor Giwa, and 2 others, has been turned into a transgression lawsuit by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation.

The civic radical raised the interest portion asking the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and the Director of Public Prosecution successful the Ministry of Justice, Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo, to reappraisal the case.

In a connection by the Convener, Temitope Olubunmi Joseph, the CSO explained that the lawsuit began arsenic a civilian substance but was turned into a transgression substance by the erstwhile AGF, Abubakar Malami, SAN.

Calling for a thorough reappraisal of the substance to unravel the truth, the civic radical expressed interest that the complaint could beryllium a witch hunt.

“This is expected to beryllium a civilian matter; the question we should inquire is, astatine what constituent did it crook into a transgression matter? We cognize the Honorable AGF Fagbemi and the DPP, Oyedepo, are yet to crook their minds to looking astatine the substance critically.

“We are utilizing this mean to telephone connected them to revisit this substance and telephone ...