National Assembly lacks power to invite Buhari over insecurity — Malami

The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, says the National assembly has no constitutional powers to summon the President, Muhammadu Buhari.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, Malami stated that the president cannot be summoned to give an account of operational use of the armed forces.

In his words; “National Assembly has no constitutional power to envisage or contemplate a situation where the president would be summoned by the national assembly on the operational use of the armed forces”.

The AGF’s comments are coming amidst the President’s scheduled appearance before the House of Assembly to give an account of the nation’s efforts towards combating the rising spate of Insecurity and economic challenges.