Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has filed
a suit at the State High, seeking N500million damages each from the
senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, for alleged defamation of
character.
El-Rufai, who personally filed the suit on Friday, is
seeking compensation for the injury he allegedly suffered as a result of “the
malicious statements” made by 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 also seeking a declaration that the
derogatory remarks made against him by Sani are totally false and
injurious to his person in the eyes of the public.
Speaking to newsmen at the court premises, his counsel,
AbdulHakeem Mustapha (SAN), said the four actions attract the sum of N500milion
each.
He also dismisses insinuations that El-Rufai, by
virtue of his position, does not have the constitutional right to sue any
citizen.
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