Abubakar Malami: Biography, Politician, Controversy, Personal Career & Age

Biography

Abubakar Malami, Senior Advocate of Nigeria was born April 17, 1967 in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State. He is an indigene of Kebbi State. He was born to Late Hon. Khadi

Malami Nasarawa and Halima Malami.

He had his early education at Nassarawa Primary School, Birnin Kebbi from 1973 to 1979, proceeded to College of Arts and Arabic Studies. He attended Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto where he studied Law between 1987 to 1991. Abubakar Malami then proceeded to the Nigerian Lawschool, Lagos in 1992 where he was called to the Nigerian Bar. He then obtained his Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Maiduguri in 1994. Between 1995 and 1996 he worked as Magistrate grade II in the Kebbi State Judiciary.

Real Age

Born: 17 April 1967 (age 55)
State of Origin: Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State,

Nationality: Nigeria

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Party: All Progressives Congress

Education: Usmanu Danfodiyo University
University of Maiduguri

Profession: Lawyer and politician

Political Career

He was a member of the Local Government Election Tribunal for the 2003 Election and National Publicity Secretary, Muslim Lawyers Forum of Nigeria from 2002 to 2004. He served in various capacities including being a state counsel and magistrate in Kebbi State and teaching law at the Usman Dan Fodio University before going into private legal practice. He was also the National Legal Adviser to the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).

bIt is worthy to note that, Abubakar Malami was one of those who worked closely to advance the interest of the All Progressive Congress(APC) especially the candidacy of President Mohammadu Buhari over the years! Indeed he was the Lead Counsel of the Legal Team of the defunct CPC right from the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court, when he was the National Adviser of the CPC.

He was a member of the defunct CPC Merger Committee that negotiated the formation of All Progressives Congress together with the defunct ACN, ANPP and factions of APGA and DPP.

He had been one of the consistent members of the opposition right from 2003 till the victory of the APC in the general election in March 2015. He sought for the nomination as the Governorship Candidate of the APC for Kebbi State but withdrew from the race due to pressure from elders of the Party.

Attorney-General and Minister for Justice

Tenure

On 11 November 2015, Abubakar was appointed as Minister for Justice and Attorney-General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria thus making him the youngest minister in Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet. On 21 August 2019, he was re-appointed as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation by President Muhammadu Buhari on 21 August 2019.

In December 2017, Malami announced that the Federal Government has reached an agreement with the United States and Jersey to repatriate over $300 million of Nigerian public funds that had been stolen and stored abroad by former military head of state Sani Abacha. The agreement was finally signed in February 2020 with Malami stating that the federal government intends on using the recovered funds to finance infrastructure, namely the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, Abuja-Kano highway, and Second Niger Bridge.

In June 2020, Malami filed a petition to the Government to remove the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu. In his petition, he stated that Ibrahim Magu should be sacked on several grounds raging from diversion of recovered loot to insubordination and misconduct. Magu disputed Malami’s claims and challenged Malami to present evidence that Magu had diverted funds. Magu was suspended on 7 July 2020 and eventually replaced as EFCC Chairman.

Later in June 2020, Malami wrote to state governors to inform them that no stamp duties had been recovered from 2016 to 2020. He demanded that state ministries, departments, agencies, and other government institutions engage and grant access to recovery agents for the purpose of the audit and recovery of stamp duties “to ensure that all established liabilities are remitted as appropriate.”

In October 2020, the office of the Attorney-General won a seven-year long legal battle with Interocean Oil over a contract dispute. The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ruling in Nigeria’s favour relieved the government of $1.5 billion in liability payments and also awarded Nigeria $660,000 in arbitration costs.

In October, 2015, Abubakar Malami was named as one of the Ministerial nominees to be screened by the National Assembly under the President Buhari led administration.