Adoke
A
former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the federation, has
filed a human rights complaint against the Buhari-led federal government
at the United Nations.
Former attorney-general of the federation, Mohammed Adoke, has
filed a human rights complaint against the federal government at the
United Nations Human Rights Committee.
He also named the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the complaint, accusing the agency “of
unmitigated acts of persecution, intimidation, harassment, threat of
deprivation right to life, unlawful interference with right to family
life and livelihood”.
Femi Oboro, his solicitor, said the complaint became necessary in
view of the constant harassment, intimidation and persecution that Adoke
has endured in the hands of the federal government.
Oboro said since his client left office as attorney-general of
federation, he has been the subject of sustained and malicious media
attack from the EFCC.
He reiterated that the EFCC “is bent on persecuting and
humiliating him in order to satisfy the whims and caprices of some
powerful families and political associates of the present
administration”.
“I have today 20th July 2017 filed a complaint on behalf of my
client Mr Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN, former attorney-general of the
federation and minister of justice, federal republic of Nigeria, against
the federal government of Nigeria and the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC),” it read.
“However, since leaving office, he has been the subject of
sustained and malicious media attack from the EFCC and its cohorts with
the aim of bringing him to public odium.
“These efforts have culminated in the filing of phantom
criminal charges against him, destruction and unwarranted searches on
his residences as well as that of his siblings, persecution, threat to
his life, unlawful harassment and intimidation.
“The complaint will afford the UNHRC the opportunity to
appraise Nigeria’s criminal justice system, the operational modalities
of law enforcement agencies such as the EFCC, the constitutional mandate
of the office of the attorney-general of the federation and minister of
justice, on whether such agencies and persons are conducting their
operations in accordance with human right standards and norms applicable
to civilised democratic societies and/or they can be allowed to ride
rough shod over the rights and liberties of citizens under the guise of
fighting corruption.
“We expect the UNHRC to expeditiously consider the complaint
and make its ruling and recommendations public in order to end my
clients persecution and once more provide an enabling environment for
Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN to enjoy his family, return to the
practice of his profession and assume his roles as the bread winner for
his immediate and extended family.”
Adoke is accused of money laundering and misleading the federal
government in the OPL 245 deal involving Malabu Oil, Shell and ENI, but
he has denied the allegations.
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