24th December 2025.
Chairman,
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),
Abuja,
Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
REQUEST FOR APPLICATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 2015 FOR THE DISQUALIFICATION OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE LEGAL AID COUNCIL OF NIGERIA AS ONE OF THE TWO SURETIES FOR FORMER MINISTER OF JUSTICE, ABUBAKAR MALAMI BECAUSE OF HIS 0% ZERO PERCENT SCORE IN THE 2024 ANTI-CORRUPTION INDEX OF THE INDEPENDENT CORRUPT PRACTICES AND RELATED OFFENCES COMMISSION (ICPC).
By way of re-introduction our Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners-ALDRAP is incorporated under the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020 in the year 2017.
We ensure that both individuals and institutions comply with the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 and other relevant laws.
We write to request the disqualification of the Director-General of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria who has submitted himself as one of the sureties for bail of Abubakar Malami.
The reason is because he fails to meet the criteria for sureties as set out under Section 167(1) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015.
You can verify this by cross-checking with the Chairman of the ICPC who has just published a list of federal government agencies that scored zero percent in the anti-corruption index of the year 2024.
This report is published online at: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/845153-supreme-court-many-federal-mdas-fail-ethics-integrity-assessment-icpc-report.html
Legal Aid Council of Nigeria which is currently headed by the said Director-General is listed amongst the federal government agencies that scored zero percent (0%).
The implication is that such a person who refused to comply with the ICPC anti-corruption index is not fit and proper to stand as surety for Malami who is himself undergoing investigation and prosecution for corruption.
We thank you in advance for your anticipated prompt and positive response.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja, SCN
Secretary, ALDRAP
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