Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, says he is yet to declare interest to contest any elective position ahead of the 2023 elections.
The Media aid to the Attorney General Dr. Umar Gwandu, made the clarification in a statement in Abuja.
The statement said; “the clarification became necessary in view of a false and fabricated publication in some section of the media.”
”The declaration to contest for a political position was never a hidden affair or clandestine operation that could be reported as a scoop by a section of the media,” the statement reads.
It said that the report was triggered out of curiosity and eagerness by followers and loyalists.
The statement also said; “A video being circulated as the purported declaration was mischievously translated with fabricated insertions and interpolations that cannot in spirit and context establish the mal-information circulated.”
The statement however, thanked the teaming supporters of the Minister and the general public for expressing their interest.
“At the appropriate time they will hear from the horses mouth in full glare of the media, stakeholders, like-minds, party faithful and teaming supporters,” it added.
Mercy Chukwudiebere
