The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has been dragged before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, over alleged abuse of office.
A civil servant and staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Ms Asabe Waziri, was also sued alongside the AGF.
Waziri is said to be at the centre of the case as the AGF is being accused of bias in its prosecution.
She was said to have bought a property worth N130million in Maitama District of Abuja.
The suit, filed by an international businessman and property developer, Mr Cecil Osakwe, is praying the court for an order of N1billion damages against the AGF.
Osakwe, through his lawyer, Mr Victor Giwa, said his reputation have been damaged through the actions and decisions of the AGF in a civil case between two individuals.
Osakwe sued Malami in his personal and official capacity for abused of office as minister of justice, when he preferred charges against him, and used the charge as a tool to blackmail and arm-twist him to give out two units of 3-bedroom flats in one of his properties at Mekong close, Maitama, Abuja, to Asabe Waziri, even against valid court order.
Barrister Giwa also said the attorney general used his office to supervise the continuous harassment of Osakwe by men of the Nigerian Police Force on matters that are purely civil with respect to the sales of the property.
