By Henry Ojelu & Prince Okafor
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubarka Malami, has said the essence of the Executive Order 6 introduced by President Muhammadu Bahuri was to attack the economic base of suspects facing trial for corruption.
Malami said this on a Channels Television programme, yesterday.
Responding to questions on why government appears to be deliberately targeting the assets of persons being investigated for corruption, Malami said the true intention of the Executive Order 6 was to ensure that assets connected to such persons were not dissipated.
“The essence of the Executive Order number 6, is to attack the economic undertones that constitute the source of strength, the source of desire of the person, in terms of nailing down the process of judicial determination of process,” he…
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