Nigeria, Jan. 31 -- Abubakar Malami has spent almost eight years in office as Nigeria's Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. In this brief interview with PREMIUM TIMES' Ameh Ejekwonyilo, he touched on some controversial highlights of his tenure, including the controversial withdrawal of corruption charges against Gombe State governor, Danjuma Goje, which was widely viewed as political stance rather than one in public interest.

He also rated the President Muhammadu's administration high in fighting corruption despite Nigeria's continuous fall on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranking by Transparency International (TI).

A few minutes after the interview started, Mr Malami was alerted of an urgent meeting and...