Abacha Loot: Judge adjourns Cable's suit against AGF Malami - Premium Times Nigeria

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, FCT, on Thursday abruptly adjourned proceedings in the case between Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation and the Attorney-General of the Federation , Abubakar Malami, over his failure to respond to a Freedom of Information request on the engagement of lawyers for the recovery of Abacha loot.

The case has suffered a series of adjournment during which the lawyers newly engaged for the recovery have reportedly been paid another $15 million in legal fees, even though the Swiss lawyer who did the recovery, Enrico Monfrini, said he had completed the job and had been paid as far back as 2014 and that there was no need to engage any lawyer to repatriate the loot from Switzerland, where it was domiciled.

On May 8, counsel to the Cable Foundation, Ayo Kusamotu, along with Racheal Obong who came all the way from Lagos, were in court but there was no legal representation for the AGF. The applicant’s counsel reminded the judge of the order he made on April 21 to deem the respondent’s processes adopted but the judge declined and instead made an order summoning the Solicitor-General of the Federation to appear in court on May 9 to conduct defence on behalf of the AGF.

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