In the public interest? Attorney general receives backlash for confirmation appearance

Author: Babajide Ogundipe

Publisher: International Law Office

Introduction

More than two months after the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari, who is currently in his second term in office, his ministers’ portfolios were announced. Of particular concern to the legal profession was the re-appointment of first-term Federal Attorney General Abubakar Malami to the Ministry of Justice.