The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have reportedly grilled some persons working for the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN).
According to The Cable, the EFCC quizzed the aides for allegedly selling presidential pardon.
Recall that on April 15, President Muhammadu Buhari pardoned about 159 convicts, including a former Governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, and former Governor Jolly Nyame of Taraba State, who are both in prison for diverting billions of naira of public funds.
Everyone on the list presented by Malami was pardoned, except Francis Atuche, a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB and two others.
The Cable says sources at the Ministry of Justice disclosed that several aides to Malami who were responsible for the processing of the list are currently being questioned by the EFCC.
According to the report, a Director at the Ministry of Justice was among those quizzed by the commission.
The list has yet to be released till date while those pardoned are still in prison.