The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Muhammed Bello Adoke(SAN), has refuted claims that he is maintaining multiple accounts with bribes from foreign companies doing business in the Country.
A statement from Mr. Adoke, signed by his Media Aide, Mr. Ambrose Momoh stated that the allegations by some online journals were false.
The media aide stated that “the Minister’s attention has been drawn to Reports making the rounds in the social media including Sahara Reporters, Point-blank News, I-Reports, etc, to the effect that he maintains accounts with First City Monument Bank, Diamond Bank and Zenith Bank Plc. into which lodgements running into several millions of naira, dollars and pound sterling have been made”.
According to him, “While these spurious allegations/reports would ordinarily have been ignored, the tendency for Nigerians to believe such blatant lies and malicious stories has necessitated this response so as to put the records straight and re-assure all well meaning Nigerians especially the Attorney General’s friends, close associates and relatives who are worried and greatly saddened since these allegations began circulating in the social media”.