The Kaduna crisis has turned into another level as the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai personally filed a suit of N2b against Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central District for defamation.
El-Rufai who personally filed the suit at the state High Court on Friday, is seeking 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.
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Among other reliefs, Governor el-Rufai is seeking a declaration that the derogatory remarks made against him by Senator Sani were totally false and injurious to his person in the eyes of the public.
Speaking to reporters at the court premises, counsel to Governor El-Rufai, AbdulHakeem Mustapha, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, says that each of the four actions attracts the sum of N500 million each.
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He also dismisses insinuations that the governor by virtue of his position does not have the constitutional right to sue any citizen.
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