Former Governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda, has taken Alhaji Sani Shehu
of APC, before the Bauchi State High Court 9, for alleged defamatory
utterances against his personality and his administration and is seeking
N10bn in 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 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 2
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.
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