Nigeria, April 15 -- The police have interrogated an anti-corruption activist, Olanrewaju Suraju, over a forgery petition sent to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) by a former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Adoke.

Mr Adoke had sent the petition to the IGP office demanding a probe of an email evidence presented against him by prosecutors in Malabu trial in Milan, Italy.

The former attorney-general also later complained to the police that some people, one of whom he suspected to be Mr Suraju, circulated a fake tape purporting it to be that of an interview he had with an Italian journalist admitting that the Malabu transaction was a scam.

He said he granted no such interview but that a tape was concocted and circul...