The Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed an ex-parte application the attorney-general of the federation brought to stop the Senate probing the recall of Abdulrasheed Maina.
The ex-pension task force chief on the run after being declared wanted by the EFCC over the billions mismanaged between 2012 and 2014.
AGF Abubakar Malami in the application—which excludes other parties to the suit—contended that the Senate lack the powers to proceed with its investigation into Mr. Maina’s recall by the executive arm of government.
He asked the court to stop the Senate from carrying on with the ongoing probe into the reinstatement of the fugitive.
The National Assembly began its probe into the circumstances that resulted in Maina’s recall by President Muhammadu Buhari administration in October, 2017.
Since November, Malami has been appearing before the probe panel instituted by the upper chamber of the National Assembly where he denied giving the directives for Maina’s recall.
The Senate investihation so far has left Malami struggling to confirm he gave the directive as he kept begging for time to check his records—though all the correspondence resented originated from his office.
The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita’s submission alsorevealed the memos came from the AGF office.