Sani Dutsinma
The Malami Support Organisation (MSO) has condemned the continued detention of former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Chika Malami, describing it as a development that raises serious concerns about the integrity of Nigeria’s justice system.
The Director of Strategy and Communication of the organisation, Mallam Sa’idu Atiku Abubakar, made this known while addressing journalists and members of the group at the MSO office in Birnin Kebbi.
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He said the arrest and prolonged detention of Malami is a disturbing trend that undermines due process, constitutional safeguards, and respect for the rule of law.
According to him, Nigeria operates under a constitutional democracy guided by the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), and not by executive impulse, administrative convenience, or political vendetta.
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Mallam Sa’idu noted that Section 17(2)(a) of the Constitution mandates that governance must be founded on social justice and equality before the law, stressing that selective justice violates this principle and replaces the rule of law with the rule of power.
“The MSO is gravely concerned about the growing normalisation of weaponised accountability under the APC-led federal government. A system where justice is applied unevenly does not strengthen democracy; it corrodes it from within,”
He added that a war against corruption that exempts the powerful is not reform but institutional deception, emphasising that the issue goes beyond the personality of Abubakar Malami, SAN.
“This matter transcends individual interests. It is about protecting the Constitution and preserving public confidence in the justice system,”
The organisation urged its members to remain calm, law-abiding, resolute, and committed to defending the Constitution through peaceful, principled, and democratic engagement.