Malami

By Abdullahi Mukhtar Algasgaini

Abubakar Malami SAN, former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, has officially submitted his governorship nomination and expression of interest forms at the National Secretariat of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Abuja.

The former minister, who confirmed the submission through his office, described the move as the formal launch of what citizens in Kebbi State are calling “Operation Rescue” — an effort to pull the state out of deepening insecurity, economic paralysis, collapsing public schools, crumbling healthcare facilities, and rising despair.

According to a statement issued by Mohammed Bello Doka, Special Assistant on Media to Malami SAN, the former AGF submitted the forms in full compliance with ADC’s party guidelines. The announcement has since triggered an overwhelming wave of excitement across Kebbi, where residents have grown weary of leadership failure, the statement said.

Malami, who served eight years at the federal level, positioned himself not as an ordinary politician but as a tested national leader ready to deploy strategic competence to restore security, revive agriculture, rebuild infrastructure, and return hope to the people of Kebbi.

The ADC platform, he affirmed, represents a rising political force rooted in accountability, inclusion, and development. His candidacy, the statement added, offers a formidable alternative to a status quo that has left over sixty-seven percent of school-age children out of school, farmers displaced by banditry, and maternal deaths needlessly soaring.

The former minister has since commenced intensive consultations across all local government areas to perfect the rescue agenda.

“The people of Kebbi are no longer waiting for relief that never comes; the rescue has officially begun,” the statement read. “Every citizen who desires an end to leadership failure is hereby called to join this movement to reclaim Kebbi State from the brink of total collapse.”