Constitutional lawyer Dr Kayode Ajulo has supported the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Abubakar Malami’s call for the disbandment of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC).
Ajulo said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
He said that the constitution of PACAC would impede the work of anti graft agencies saddled with the fight against corruption.
“There is no way sentiments can take the place of law no matter how idealistic it is, the law is the law.
“You cannot rule against the law, so you cannot rule with people’s whims and caprices by setting up an unknown body to the law in the quest of wanting to fight corruption,” he said.
He said that the job PACAC was Adhoc.
“Any issue of criminality stops with the AGF, who is the Chief Legal Officer of the Federation and under whose office there’s Solicitor-General of the Federation
“It also has Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation and other offices and institutions to ensure the maintenance of law and order,” he said.
He queried the basis for the Adhoc committee against corruption, which according to him, had been around for five years perpetually.
It would be recalled that Malami had allegedly recommended the disbandment of PACAC headed by Prof. Itse Sagay to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Malami’s argument was that the committee had outlived its usefulness and should be disbanded like the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP).
PACAC was established in August 2015 with the mandate to promote the reform agenda of government’s anti-corruption effort.
It was also saddled with the responsibility of advising the President in the prosecution of the war against corruption.
