The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) Resource Centre has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to reject the advice of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to abandon the OPL 245 prosecutions in the country.
The group also described Mr Malami’s advice as dishonest and misleading.
In a letter to the president signed by its Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, HEDA argued that abandoning the prosecutions would send a signal that companies are insulated from prosecution where prosecutions are likely to interrupt significant but corruptly-obtained money flows.
The group maintained that this would be the opposite of the United Nations Convention against Corruption’s requirement.
The anti-corruption group also criticised Mr Malami’s failure to give candid advice to President Buhari regarding Nigeria’s international law obligations.
The group cited what it called “the series of losses” that Nigeria has experienced in the OPL 245-related…
