Open letter to AGF and DPPF By Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja
Hon. Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Sir,
And
Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation (DPPF), Sir,
I write as a public interest lawyer that was called to the Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in the year 2004.
Between the years 2019 and 2020, I served as the Chairman of the Governing Board of a federal government agency under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Justice.
In the year 2018, I also served as a representative of the Federal Government of Nigeria to negotiate for the repatriation of the $301m Abacha loot with the Attorney-General of the Island of Jersey, United Kingdom. I undertook this assignment under the now-defunct Special Presidential Panel for Recovery of Public Properties.
I also served Nigeria as a legislative drafting lawyer at the National Assembly’s Institute for Legislative Studies for eleven years before my relocation to the Kingdom of Lesotho. I am there as a consultant for training their lawyers in Legislative Drafting.
I write in my capacity as a Minister of the Temple of Justice to appeal for the joinder of Dr. Monday O. Ubani SAN to the recent charges preferred against Senator Onyekachi Nwaebonyi.
Hon. AGF, Sir, please respectfully recall that you recently promised to investigate the unprofessional conduct of senior lawyers such as Prof. Mike Ozekhome SAN.
We plead that you extend the same to Dr. Monday O. Ubani so as to send a strong message to lawyers.
Additionally, another reason to add Dr. Monday O Ubani as a co-accused with Senator Onyekachi Nwaebonyi (they both share the same name, which is ONYEKACHI) is because Dr. Monday O. Ubani, SAN is both a necessary party and an accomplice whose publications also affected the public reputation of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
In a petition dated 15th May 2025, Hon. Dr. Ehiogie West-Idahosa provided details of Dr. Monday O. Ubani’s publications, they are published online at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/05/investigate-akpabio-sandra-duru-natasha-petitions-igp/
Some excerpts are as follows:
“Shortly after the broadcast, Mr Monday Ubani, SAN, a Senior Legislative Aide to Senator Akpabio and also his counsel on record before the Sexual Harassment petition hearing before the Senate committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions. Mr Ubani, SAN a known ally and associate of Senator Godswill Akpabio, publicly eulogised ‘Prof. Mgbeke’, praising her courage and purported factual expositions. This endorsement came at a time when multiple stakeholders were condemning the broadcast as false, defamatory, and dangerous. Mr. Ubani’s eulogy, when viewed alongside the call log linking ‘Prof. Mgbeke’ to Senator Akpabio, suggests insider awareness and tacit approval from Akpabio’s inner circle. It further entrenches the case that the defamatory broadcast was not an isolated act by a rogue individual, but a concerted operation backed by political actors loyal to Senator Akpabio.”
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja,
17th October 2025.
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