Alleged Bribery: APC Chair threatens lawsuit against Kano Attorney General

Alleged Bribery: APC Chair threatens lawsuit against Kano Attorney General

 Chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC in Kano state,
Hon. Abdullahi Abbas has threatened a lawsuit against the state’s Attorney
General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Isa Dederi for accusing APC
leaders of influencing the Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal
and the Justices of the Court of Appeal to sack the state Governor, Alhaji Abba
Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party NNPP.

 

Abbas in a letter dated November 23 and sent to Dederi, also
gave him 48 hours to withdraw the defamatory statements or risk being dragged
before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee LPDC.

 

He said Dederi had gone on national television to
“maliciously and falsely allege that the decision of the Tribunal to deliver
judgment via zoom was because of interference”.

 

Abbas said not done with the tribunal, the Attorney General
also went on to malign justices of the appellate court by saying; “According to
information available us there was interference by forces that be. There are
people who have interest in this country and can go to any extent to jeopardize
things because of their political interest and that was what played out in the
judgment”.

 

He said Dederi later made a voice recording as the Attorney
General of Kano State countering the statement issued by the Chief Registrar of
the Court of Appeal in respect of the clerical error in the judgment.

 

“In the said voice note, you made innuendos suggesting that
the Justices of the Court of Appeal were indeed compromised.

 

“From the above statements, it is clear for any discerning
mind to infer that you were suggesting influence on the judges by our party
leaders, which you know is far from the truth”, the APC chairman said in the
letter copied President of the Nigerian Bar Association NBA and the Kano state
chairman of the association.

 

Consequently, he said since Dederi’s statements, he has
received countless phone calls and text messages from family, friends,
colleagues and associates demanding explanation from him as to whether it was
indeed true that the APC influenced the judgment of the Court of Appeal and the
Tribunal.

 

“I also received various threats including attempts to
attack my house in Kano. Your careless words have created so much tension
casting aspersion on my person by demeaning my reputation in the society.

 

“Consequent upon the above, I therefore demand that you come
forward and mention the names of those who had hands in interfering with the
judgment of the two courts. This will go a long way in cleansing the society of
corruption. It will also clear my name and be protected against unnecessary
attacks your comments have subjected me to. But if you have no proof of the
serious allegations you made, I demand that you publicly apologize to me and my
party for the embarrassment you caused us.

 

 “As a lawyer, I need
not remind you of the provisions of your professional code with respect to
courts and judges. Your allegations against the judges and justices are very
grievous more so if they turn out to be false.

 

“I, therefore, by this letter, give you an ultimatum of 48
hours to back your allegations against the Judges and Justices that they were
influenced to give judgment contrary to the law as you claimed.

 

“Please note that if you fail to meet with my demands as
stated above, I shall not hesitate to file a petition against you at the Legal
Practitioners Disciplinary Committee as well as institute an action for
defamation against you in court, and this we shall do without further recourse
to you.

Source: Alleged Bribery: APC Chair threatens lawsuit against Kano Attorney General

 - NigerianEye

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