The crisis rocking the Kaduna All Progressives Congress took a
new dimension on Friday Governor Nasir el-Rufai sued the senator
representing Kaduna Central Senatorial zone, Shehu Sani, before the
state high court.
The governor is seeking N500m damages from the senator for each
of the four alleged offences, one of which is defamation of
character. The total damages being sought amounts to N2bn.
El-Rufai was at the state high court to file the suit on
Friday.
The governor said he sought compensation for the injury
allegedly suffered as a result of “the malicious statements” made
by Senator Sani through the mass media to humiliate him and defame
his integrity by calling him a drunk, loose cannon and an
embarrassment to President Muhammadu Buhari.
The governor is seeking, among other reliefs, a declaration that
the derogatory remarks made against him by Senator Sani was totally
false and injurious to his person in the eyes of the public.
Counsel to the governor, AbdulHakeem Mustapha, SAN, while
speaking with journalists, said each of the four actions attracts
the sum of N500m each.
Mustapha also dismissed insinuations that el-Rufai, by virtue of
his position, did not have the constitutional right to sue
anyone.
The crisis rocking the Kaduna All Progressives Congress took a
new dimension on Friday Governor Nasir el-Rufai sued the senator
representing Kaduna Central Senatorial zone, Shehu Sani, before the
state high court.
The governor is seeking N500m damages from the senator for each
of the four alleged offences, one of which is defamation of
character. The total damages being sought amounts to N2bn.
El-Rufai was at the state high court to file the suit on
Friday.
The governor said he sought compensation for the injury
allegedly suffered as a result of “the malicious statements” made
by Senator Sani through the mass media to humiliate him and defame
his integrity by calling him a drunk, loose cannon and an
embarrassment to President Muhammadu Buhari.
The governor is seeking, among other reliefs, a declaration that
the derogatory remarks made against him by Senator Sani was totally
false and injurious to his person in the eyes of the public.
Counsel to the governor, AbdulHakeem Mustapha, SAN, while
speaking with journalists, said each of the four actions attracts
the sum of N500m each.
Mustapha also dismissed insinuations that el-Rufai, by virtue of
his position, did not have the constitutional right to sue
anyone.
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