May 04, (THEWILL) – The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has debunked reports that he distributed over 200 exotic vehicles to his loyalists in Kebbi State, in preparation for the upcoming governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
Media aide to the AGF, Umar Gwandu, who made the clarification, said the assorted cars were donated by friends and associates of the Minister.
Reports had alleged that the AGF distributed some Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs), including Mercedes Benz GLKs, Prado SUVs and Lexus Jeeps to delegates of the APC in Kebbi, ahead of the May 23 governorship primary election in the state.
A politician, who was present at the distribution ceremony on Saturday, reportedly said the cars comprised 60 Toyota Prado SUVs, 65 Toyota RAV4 SUVs, 35 Mercedes Benz GLK 350 SUVs and 40 Lexus LX SUVs.
But Gwandu while making clarifications, said reports attributing the distribution of the vehicles to APC stakeholders was mischievous and misconstrued information.
He also said no delegate of the APC was a beneficiary of the car gift as they were meant for a specific set of people.
Gwandu said apart from the vehicles, the AGF’s associates also donated the sum of N135m to support his 2023 governorship ambition.
“The story attributing vehicle distribution to Malami was mischievous and misconstrued information.
“It was friends and associates of Malami who donated and distributed vehicles to long-term workers in the Khadimiyya Foundation.
“The occasion was not for distribution of vehicles to any APC stakeholder. None of the APC stakeholders or delegates in Kebbi State was given any vehicle by Malami. I have not yet donated any vehicle to any delegate.
“You can contact the national secretariat of the APC, get the lists of all the APC stakeholders and delegates in Kebbi State. Do an investigative story to reach out to them, then you realise how fictitious the claim is.
“Comparing the names of APC stakeholders and the beneficiaries of the vehicle will reveal to you that there is no connection between the two and the two are not connected whatsoever”, he said.
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