The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abukakar Malami, is set to reopen corruption cases for which some former governors were earlier investigated by ICPC, Punchng reports. . . ICPC has reportedly received a letter from the office of the AGF, giving the anti-graft agency a directive to that effect. Some of the ex-governors include those who had been convicted for charges preferred against them by EFCC. . . Others are currently undergoing trial on charges initiated against them by the EFCC. There are about 5 of the former governors, who are now serving senators. Some of them had served as senators after completing two terms as governors. . . The affected personalities, it was learnt, served as governors between 1999 and 2015, and are from all the 6 geopolitical zones in the country most it them belong to APC and PDP. . . Apart from Ibori, 2 former governors from the South-South, are said to be on the list. 5 of the former governors are from the South-East, and 3 from the South-West, 6 from the North-West; 6 from the North-East, and 8 from the North-Central. . . Part of the AGF’s letter indicated that the cases against some of the former governors had been investigated some years ago but charges were never filed against them. . . The letter also gave the Chairman of the ICPC a 14-day ultimatum to “remit the duplicate case files concerning the politically-exposed persons investigated by the ICPC over the years” to the office of the AGF.... or risk being made to mime 'Jagaban' on live TV....
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