The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said he was not aware of the return of his predecessor, Mohammed Adoke back to Nigeria from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Malami made the disclosure while addressing journalists at the Federal Ministry of Justice headquarters in Abuja, on Thursday.
He said he was yet to receive a formal briefing on Adoke’s arrival to the country
Adoke said: “I think there are multiple judicial cases pending before the judiciary and against the background of subsisting principle of the law, I wouldn’t want to comment one way or the other in that respect or direction because I cannot be talking in preemptive sense or preempting the judicial position as it relates to the matter.
“I am equally not in a position to confirm the statement relating to the arrival of the former Attorney General in Nigeria as I have not been officially briefed in that respect. Until I am formally briefed I am not in a position to comment on it, one way or the other”.
Adoke was arrested and detained in Dubai by the Interpol since November 11.
DAILY POST had reported that operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, upon his arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
The former AGF, who donned a white Kaftan with a white cap, arrived the airport aboard Emirates flight, Boeing 777 -300ER, at 3.45pm.
Upon his arrival, he was immediately picked up by EFCC operatives and transferred into a Toyota bus marked RBC 931 BV while reading a book he brought from Dubai.
DAILY POST had reported that Adoke was been repatriated by the Dubai authorities following Nigeria’s request.
Adoke was accompanied by INTERPOL officers on Emirates Airlines.
