The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi has said that no appointee of President Bola Tinubu met with any governor from the South-south over planned defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has insisted by Mr. Paul Ibe, the media aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
Fagbemi in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Communication and Publicity, Kamorudeen Ogundele appealed to the members of the public to disregard the insinuation as it was a feeble attempt to discredit Tinubu-led administration’s fight against corruption.
He said: “The attention of the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has been drawn to an interview granted on a national TV station by the spokesperson of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Mr Paul Ibe, where he made some contemptuous remarks.
“Mr Ibe had insinuated that the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the Solicitor General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Justice, met a former and incumbent governor of a South-South state 48 hours to their defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
“Although he failed to mention their names, the discerning members of the public know those he could have been referring to.
“However, we wish to state categorically that the allegation is from the pit of hell, and at best, a figment of imagination of Mr Ibe.
“We know as a fact that the EFCC chairman and the Solicitor General of the Federation never met any serving or former governor as alleged by him.”
The chief law officer noted that Tinubu’s administration would continue to uphold the rule of law and would not falter in the fight against corruption no matter whose ox is gored.