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El-Rufai slams N2bn defamation suit on Senator Shehu Sani

ElRufai-ShehuSaniThere seems to be no end in sight yet to the crisis rocking the Kaduna State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) , as Governor Nasir El-Rufai has filed a  suit at the State High Court seeking the sum of N2bn as damages  from the Senator representing Kaduna central zone,  Shehu Sani over an alleged defamation of character.

El-Rufai who filed the suit at the state High Court on Friday,  is seeking compensation for the injury he allegedly suffered as a result of “the malicious  statements” made by Senator Sani  through the media to  humiliate him and defame his integrity  by  calling him a drunk, loose cannon  and an embarrassment to President Muhammadu Buhari.

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 (SAN), said that each of the four counts attracts the sum of N500 million each. He also dismissed insinuations that the governor by virtue of his position does not have the constitutional right to sue any citizen.

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