Open grazing: You Twist the Law at Aill, Ohanaeze, Afenifere Slam Malami
- AGF Abubakar Malami's reaction to intolerance towards open grazing in the south is turning against him
- Groups in the region have accused the minister of justice of prejudice and incompetence for his alleged tribalistic stance
- Some of the organisations that have come hard on Malami are Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Afenifere
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Socio-cultural groups from southern Nigeria, like Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Afenifere, have slammed Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami.
The president-general of the southeast organisation, Professor George Obiozor, said Malami's position on the ban on open grazing is thoughtless and born out of prejudice, The Nation reports.
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The Ohanaeze leader described the AGF as one who enjoys twisting the law at will. In fact, quoting Toyo Jimmy, he said Malami is a chief law breaker, New Telegraph also reported.
Speaking further, he made it clear that Nigerians from the southern extraction have never had issues with herdsmen until they started killing innocent citizens.
On his part, the secretary-general of the Yoruba group, Sola Ebiseni, is worried Malami is always quick to refer to the constitution whenever he perceives a threat to herdsmen's interest.
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Ebiseni alleged that recently, the minister once denounced Amotekun but developed cold feet when asked to take the issue to the court.
He went on:
“Malami was mischievously playing the role of an agent provocateur when he was inciting Northern governors to place a ban on spare parts trading in which Southerners are involved.
“In deference to their religious and cultural sensibilities, some of the Northern states made laws banning trading in alcoholic substances and have been seen destroying such wares in their millions notwithstanding that they share in the VAT collected on those goods and no one is crying over it.”
Meanwhile, Malami had come under serious heat over his reaction to the ban on open grazing by southern governors.
Replying to Malami on Thursday, May 20, the spokesman of the Senate, Ajibola Basiru, said the AGF's logic of equating the injurious activities of some herdsmen with persons carrying out their legitimate business of selling spare parts is strange and irrational.
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