A former Governor of Bauchi State, Isa
Yuguda, has dragged a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in the
State, Alhaji Sani Shehu, before the Bauchi State High Court 9, for
alleged defamatory utterances against his personality and his
administration.
He is seeking for N10bn as damages.
Counsel to the plaintiff (Yuguda), Mr.
Okechukwu Nwaeze, who disclosed this to journalists in Bauchi on Friday,
said the former governor filed the suit before the court seeking N10bn
damages in an action against Sani Mallam over his allegations that
Yuguda was corrupt and fraudulent during his tenure as the governor of
the state.
Okechukwu said the plaintiff complained
of the APC chieftain’s reckless and defamatory public comments about his
personality and administration on two radio stations: Ray power FM and
the Bauchi Radio Corporation.
The
counsel alleged that Mallam, who was a former All Nigeria Peoples Party
Chairman in the state, “accused Yuguda of woeful performance, excessive
looting of public treasury, name-calling such as election rigger and
manipulator. All these statements tempered with the reputation and
personality of the former governor.
“It is not right to persecute people in
the media. If the man is guilty of any fraud, the defendant should
provide the proof or otherwise focus on his political activities.
“Our prayers are that the court should
issue an order for the defendant to tender an apology in two national
dailies and two online papers. The defendant should also be banned from
featuring on such political programmes in media houses and should pay
the sum of N10bn damages to the plaintiff.”
The Presiding Judge, Justice Muazu Abubakar, adjourned the case to October 6, 2015 for mentioning.
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