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Former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has condemned charges of treason and felony levelled against pro-democracy campaigner, Omoyele Sowore, by the government.

In a statement on Sunday in Abuja, Sani described the trial as unnecessary and uncalled for, adding that the action would further stain and diminish the human rights record of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. 

He said, "Sowore’s charges amount to electrocution of freedom. 

"The democratic credentials of any elected government is not simply about the legitimacy of its mandate but about the degree of its tolerance to dissent and compliance with the fundamental principles of freedom.

"I appeal to the government to drop the charges filed against Sowore. 

"Our democracy is becoming inhabitable and inhospitable to its ideal content. 

"When a state equates dissent to disloyalty, it progressively decays under the weight of its courtiers." 

Sani added that if the government was confident of moral standing and support base, it should defeat Sowore with superior ideas. 
 

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Nelson Olanipekun has advised that the justice sector should top the agenda for Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, who just celebrated 100 days in office. Olanipekun’s Lead for Citizens Gavel, a civic tech and justice sector reform advocacy organisation, believes that “justice reform that can increase the pace of justice delivery in the state” should top the agenda for Makinde’s government.

“Oyo State has one of the highest numbers of awaiting trial detainees which stands at 86 per cent based on our April data survey, this is higher than the national average which stands at 69 per cent,” Olanipekun stated.

Data collected from 16 local government areas in the state reveal that over 20 per cent of citizens arrested by the police are brutalised during and after arrest.

It was also gathered that over 80 per cent of inmates were not treated fairly by prison wardens and this is against the conditions of detention in police custody and pre-trial detention stated in the Luanda guidelines section 24. 

Prison cells in Oyo State are overcrowded. Some very small cells have over 100 detainees.

It was also reported that there is very poor hygiene of arrested and detained persons at police stations in Oyo State and this can lead to serious health conditions of inmates. Less than two per cent take a bath once in a week.

It was also highlighted in the report that over 90 per cent of the respondent said they have had very bad experiences in Oyo State prisons and police stations.

Even though N17bn was allocated for feeding inmates in Nigerian prisons, less than four per cent of Oyo State prison inmates are feed twice daily in detention cells.

Despite the N366.1bn police budget for 2019, less than seven per cent of arrested and detained citizens are given food once daily in Oyo State.

The Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) provision of session 34 says that magistrates are supposed to be visiting police stations but due to lack of proper framework to implement the provisions, less than one per cent of the inmates have been visited.

Arrested and detained persons have, according Section 8(1) of ACJL of Oyo State, rights to be informed of reasons of their arrest and charges against them but less than two per cent are notified of the reason for their arrests during or before the arrest. 

It was also reported that almost 60 per cent of people arrested and inmates in Oyo State are youths.

According to Luanda guidelines, it is the duty of the court to ensure that every detainee is represented by a lawyer but 100 per cent of respondents say that they were not assigned a lawyer by the court.

And only two out of 100 respondents wrote their statements in front of a lawyer.

 

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Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has described as “lackadaisical” the attitude of the police over the assassination of Olufunke Olakunri, daughter of its leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti.

The group stated that over two months after the killing of Olakunri by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Ore, Ondo State, investigation by the police had been sloppy.

In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Yinka Odumakin, Afenifere said that the police have not done any serious investigations into the murder.

The statement reads, “It’s now over two months that Mrs Olufunke Olakunri, daughter of Afenifere leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, was murdered around Ore in Ondo State and we are compelled to speak out over the lackadaisical attitude of the police over the gruesome assassination.

“Mr Kehinde Fasoranti, younger brother to the deceased had stated openly a day after the incident that the police in Ore told him that the victim was killed by Fulani herdsmen when he went to collect her body.

“They have not contradicted him till date. The first sign we got that there was no attempt to launch any serious investigation into the murder was when the car in which she was killed was released to the family from Ore Police Station the day after the murder without any forensic investigation into the most prized evidence at the scene of the crime.

“It was when we engaged the police high command that they came to pick the car six days later. The car has now been returned to the family with no report on the examination report.

“Indeed, there was no attempt to carry out any autopsy on the corpse until we also demanded one from the police before the burial.

“One was carried out and only that report was given to the family when they went to collect the car. Beyond this, the police has not made any briefing to the family on their investigations into this dastardly act.

“There are other bizarre developments that worry us on police investigations into this murder.

“For instance, the driver of the car in which Mrs Olakunri was killed has not been asked a question by the police till date.

“Furthermore, a few days after the killing, a staff of the deceased’s husband, Bankole Olatunbosun, was arrested as he was said to be in touch with Mr Olakunri’s driver, Femi Ajayi, who drove the Sienna bus in the deceased convoy.

“A week after the killing, Femi was brought into the family house in Akure by police officers in the anti-kidnap unit. The story from the crime scene was that Femi got down from the Sienna bus and followed the gunmen who killed Mrs Olakunri.

“He claimed he was kidnapped but there is no evidence of ransom requested from him or his family. He and Bankole Olatunbosun are now free men. Femi even sauntered into the Fasoranti family house three days ago.

“All the above put together suggest to us clearly that the police have not done any serious investigations into this murder. And it worries us that we are seeing all the signs of lethargy that usually attend high profile murders with powerful masterminds in our country.

“Afenifere therefore calls on all those who respect human lives in Nigeria and across the world to join us in asking the police where are the killers of Funke Olakunri?”

 

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The Human and Environmental Rights Agenda has accused the Central Bank
of Nigeria, headed by Godwin Emefiele, of trying to hide the details
of its agreement with telecommunication giant, MTN, relating to the
payment of $8 billion fine imposed on the firm.

With the "outright refusal" of the CBN to release the requested
information to the civil society group, an action, in accordance with
the F0I provisions, was filed by the organisation against the bank
before the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court.

The CBN was last given seven days, as provided under the FoI Act, 2011
to produce the details of the deal or face legal actions.

HEDA had in January this year requested for details of the resolution
between Central Bank of Nigeria and MTN Nigeria on the improper
repatriation of fund allegations against MTN.

HEDA had invoked the Freedom of Information Act 2011 demanding for the
release of details of the CBN agreement with MTN amidst wide
speculations that the deal was dotted with questionable clauses.

HEDA in a letter signed by its Chairman, Mr. Olanrewaju Suraju, in
January made the request in line with the Freedom of Information Act
2011 which in Section 4 states that within 7 days of the receipt of a
Freedom of Information request, the desired information requested for
be supplied.

"We are interested in the details of the agreement. It is in the
interest of Nigerians to know. The CBN is owned by the Nigerian
people. MTN performs functions that impact on millions of Nigerians.
The agreement between the CBN and MTN should not be a secret document.
It has to be made public. This is the HEDA position," Suraju said made
available to SaharaReporters on Sunday.

The Nigerian authorities had asked mobile telecommunications firm,
MTN, to pay $8.1 billion as the CBN accused the South African giant of
illegally moving the funds in contravention of foreign exchange
regulations.

The CBN asked the company to return the $8.1 billion "to the coffers
of the CBN".

MTN had denied any wrongdoing after which it went to court challenging
the fine. This led to an out-of-court settlement with the MTN paying
about $53 million which the group said had ended the four-month-old
row.

In its series of follow-up letters, HEDA asked the CBN to come up with
details of the agreement with the communication giant.

In a string of terse acknowledgments, the CBN consistently hinged its
refusal to reply to a lingering court case at the Abuja Division of
the Federal High Court, (FHC).

In its latest letter, the CBN had stated: "In line with the provision
of paragraph 12.3.1 of the revised Guidelines on the implementation of
the Freedom of Information Act 2011 refer to suit FHC/CS/1475/2018 at
the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court where MTN had earlier
instituted a legal action and the national dailies at the National
Library to obtain the information are the public."

The statement was signed by the Director of Corporate Secretariat, Mr.
C.O Olonta.

HEDA fired back in another letter in April rejecting the CBN position.

In another letter, HEDA said: "Consequent upon the above, we have yet
to receive the promised information two months down the line. We
therefore humbly urge you to oblige us with the details of our request
in our letter dated  7 January 2019 in line with the provisions of
Section 4 of the Freedom of Information Act, 2011."

"First and foremost, the section being referred to in Paragraph
12.3.1, Section 26 of the Freedom of Information Act, 2011 states that
"the Act does not apply to- (a)  published material or material
available for purchase by the public; (b)  library or museum material
made or acquired and preserved solely for public reference or
exhibition purposes; or (c) material placed in the National Library,
National Museum or non- public section of the National Archives of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria on behalf of any person or organization
other than a government or public institution."

It stated "We most humbly state that paragraph 12.3.1 does not deal
with the information being requested, as it relates to the definition
of Section 26 of the Freedom of Information Act, 2011"

HEDA noted further, "Also, it is worthy of note that chapter 12,
particularly, paragraph 12.3 of the Guidelines which states that
'There is only one question to be considered when dealing with Section
26. Is the material listed under this section? If it is, then the
material is exempt from the Act. If the information is not listed in
the section, then the public institution should deal with the
application in accordance with the Act'."

The group added, "It is on the above basis that we are making this
request, as we believe that the records and details of the said
resolution made available will aid the investigations of our
Organisation. Thus, this application is brought pursuant to the
provisions of Section 2, 3, and 4 of the Freedom of Information Act,
2011."

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Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says the President Muhammadu
Buhari regime has attained an “unprecedented level of paranoia”
following the charges of treason filed against human rights activist,
Omoyele Sowore.

In a statement on Saturday, Soyinka said the nation had failed to
learn from past experiences.

He said, “This is utterly depressing news. So, the Sowore affair has
moved beyond harassment and taken on a sinister direction. Outside the
country where I happened to be engaged at the moment, I can testify
that the immediate reaction around me was to dismiss this as yet
another grotesque product of fake news, of which Nigerians have become
the greatest practitioners. I confess that I also joined in this
school of thought – at the start.

“Further checks have however confirmed that this government has indeed
attained an unprecedented level of paranoia. I do not believe that the
justice department itself believes in these improbable charges, as
formally publicized.

"So, once again, we inscribe in our annals another season of
treasonable felony. History still guards some lessons we have yet to
digest, much less from which to learn. Welcome to the Club, Mr.
Omoyele Sowore.”

The Buhari regime had on Friday filed seven counts of treasonable
felony and money laundering against Sowore.

The charges were filed a day before the expiration of the detention
order of the Federal High Court in Abuja permitting the Department of
State Services to keep the activist for 45 days.
 

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he National Assembly used to be a platform for the grass-to-grace
Nigerian politicians and political thugs. In a couple of years, it has
become a dumpsite for former recalcitrant, power-hungry governors and
ministers.

But Punch is reporting that the federal parliament is becoming a
rendezvous for children of Nigeria's high and mighty.

Below is a list.

BENI LAR

Beni Lar, a lawyer, is the eldest daughter of a former Governor of
Plateau State, the late Solomon Lar. The 51-year-old is a member of
the Peoples Democratic Party representing Langtang North/South Federal
Constituency of Plateau State.

She was elected to the House of Representatives in 2007 and became the
Chairman, House Committee on Women Affairs. She was re-elected in 2011
and became the Chairman, Committee on Human Rights. In 2015 during her
third term in the House, she was chairman, committee on science and
technology, a position she has maintained in the current 9th House.

OLUMIDE OSOBA

Representing Abeokuta North/Odeda/Obafemi-Owode Federal Constituency
of Ogun State, Olumide Osoba is the son of former Governor Segun
Osoba. Olumide who ran on the platform of the All Progressives
Congress where his father is a kingmaker in the state, defeated
another silver spoon, Rinsola, one of the daughters of the late MKO
Abiola and candidate of Action Democratic Party.

Olumide had represented the constituency in the House between 2011 and
2015 on the platform of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (now
APC). He is now chairman, house committee on sports.

BABAJIDE OBANIKORO

A Political Science graduate, Babajide Obanikoro is a 37-year-old son
of Musiliu Obanikoro, a former member of the Senate and ex-Minister of
State for Defence. The fresh lawmaker had lost elections into various
offices before eventually winning the House seat.

He had failed to become Chairman of Obalende/Ikoyi Local Council
Development Area (2011) and member of the Lagos State House of
Assembly (2015), both on the platform of the PDP.

Babajide later in February 2018 dumped the PDP, where the senior
Obanikoro had also lost his governorship bids, and joined his father
in the APC. There, he got the ticket of the ruling party and won the
2019 election to become the lawmaker representing Eti Osa Federal
Constituency.

Despite being a first-timer, he is now the vice-chairman, committee on steel

AKEEM ADEYEMI

One of the sons of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, Prince
Akeem Adeyemi, has been representing Afijio/Atiba/Oyo-East/Oyo-West
Federal Constituency in Oyo State since 2015.

Incidentally, 42-year-old Akeem, of the APC, contested against another
son of the foremost Yoruba king, Bayo, of the PDP, in the 2019
election.

MOSHOOD AKIOLU

Similar to the royal Adeyemi family in Oyo, Moshood Akiolu, the son of
the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, is representing Lagos Island
Federal Constituency II in the House of Representatives on the
platform of the APC. The first-timer is Vice-Chairman, House Committee
on North-East Development Commission.

SHAMSUDDEEN DAMBAZAU

Representing Sumaila/Takai Federal Constituency of Kano State is
Shamsuddeen Dambazau, a son of the immediate past Minister of the
Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.) who served as Chief of
Army Staff between 2008 and 2010.

BLESSING ONUH-MARK

Blessing Onuh, representing Otukpo/Ohimini Federal Constituency of
Benue State, is the daughter of a former President of the Senate,
David Mark. The senior Mark was in the Senate representing Benue South
Senatorial District from 1999 to 2019, during which he was Senate
President (2007 to 2015).

Her father, a retired brigadier general and PDP stalwart, was military
governor of Niger State (1984 to 1986) and later minister of
communications.

Incidentally, Onuh contested against Mark’s cousin, Umahi Ahubi (the
then Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly), for the PDP ticket
and lost. She got the ticket of the All Progressive Grand Alliance and
defeated her uncle in the election.

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The Police Service Commission says it will remove the names of
candidates who did not participate in the recruitment process for
10,000 constables, but whose names were added to the final list by the
police high command.

The board explained that a genuine list would be released after the
strange names on the list had been weeded out.

A PSC Commissioner, Austin Braimoh, told Punch that the candidates’
list that was released by the force was “polluted".

It was gathered that the names of genuine candidates were replaced
with those who did not participate in the exercise.

A former workers’ union chairman at the police service commission, who
spoke on condition of anonymity, said he knew some candidates who
performed very well in the examinations but whose names were allegedly
removed during the medical screening by the police over their
inability to pay huge bribes.

He said, “I know a candidate in Oyo State whose name was removed
during the medical screening because he had no bribe to give to the
police officers who handled the exercise. I also know some candidates
in Kogi and Niger states who suffered a similar fate. These are the
reports we received from different states.”

The union leader explained further, “What the police authorities did
was to lobby members of the National Assembly and Presidency
officials, collecting names of candidates to back their wrong action.

“Those who were invited for medicals were candidates who didn’t apply
for the recruitment. In Niger State where I participated in the
process, what they did was to add names of candidates who didn’t
participate in the exercise. Their intention was to screen out the
original candidates and replace them with their own people.”

The police and the commission had been engaged in a turf war over the
recruitment of 10,000 constables with the Inspector-General of Police,
Mohammed Adamu, insisting that it was the right of the force to
conduct the exercise.

He had, consequently, seized the list of candidates who participated
in the recruitment from the commission and went ahead to invite them
for medical screening.

Miffed by the development, the PSC Chairman, Musiliu Smith, complained
to President Muhammadu Buhari, who during a meeting on Tuesday, made
it clear to the IG that the commission had the constitutional mandate
to handle the recruitment and promotion of personnel in the police.

Speaking to Punch in Abuja on Friday, Braimoh said the commission
would meet with the Deputy Inspector-General in charge of Training and
Development, Yakubu Jubrin, to scrutinize the list of candidates that
was released last week by the police.

He said, “We are going to release a more genuine list because the list
the police sent out is polluted. We would have loved to manage it, but
we see what happens. We hope we can put heads together and delete
people that came in without going through the normal process.”

Stressing that the commission would not allow external forces to
corrupt the exercise which was the first recruitment to be carried out
by the board, Braimoh explained that only genuine candidates would
emerge as constables from the process.

“This is our first recruitment and we want to ensure we do what is
right. We are not accusing them (police) of being corrupt or of doing
what is wrong, but we would allow Nigerians to judge at the end of the
day. This is all that we stand for.

“We just want to do what is right. Now that things are being put in
the proper place, we are still going to have a meeting point, sit
together with the DIG Training and all the staff and then look at the
list again, the way we presented it at the initial time and then
streamline and bring out the best for Nigeria,” the commissioner
noted.

The PSC board member disclosed that the agency had received reports of
candidates paying money to scale through the medical screening carried
out by the police nationwide last week.

He encouraged candidates who were extorted to report to the
commission, stressing that the board would address the complaints.

Braimoh said the commission would hold a meeting with the IG and the
Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi, where the grey
issues surrounding the recruitment crisis would be addressed, adding
that this would determine the next move by the PSC.

He also disclosed that President Buhari had approved another round of
recruitment for next year as part of measures to address the
insecurity in the country.

“The President has said that we are going to conduct another round of
recruitment next year. The figure and the official approval has not
been released to us, but it is above 10,000 and we are going to work
together (with the police); we would do it jointly to avoid any
rancour,” he stated.

The force spokesman, DCP Frank Mba, could not be reached for reaction
to allegations that the police authorities padded the list of
candidates as calls to his phone rang out. He had yet to respond to a
text message on the issue, Punch reports.

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There is palpable fear in Gwalli district of Gummi area in Zamfara
State following a fresh altercation between Fulani and Hausa
communities, Daily Trust on Sunday reports.

A source familiar with the crisis told the newspaper that some
herders, believed to have migrated from either Shinkafi or Birnin
Magaji local government areas of the state during the administration
of former Governor Abdulaziz Yari, decided to settle at an area west
of Gwalli community in Gummi Local Government Area.

“During the days of the crisis between herders and farmers in the
state, especially at its peak, the state government asked the herders
to vacate the area.

“The Abdulaziz Yari-led government wrote a letter to the Gummi Emirate
Council, Gummi Local Government and local security chiefs, ordering
the herders to leave the area, on the suspicion that they could be
criminals.

“When the herders settled at the area, they began to purchase lands
and some other property, largely through the local chiefs. They
settled and started working on the lands they purchased, and suddenly,
there was an order by the authorities for them to leave the area.

“Following the order, some unscrupulous elements decided to take
advantage of the situation and began to confiscate the properties
acquired by the herders. They drove the herders away and took over
their lands.

“But unknown to the authorities, the herders, who reportedly migrated
to the neighbouring Kebbi State, were planning to avenge the treatment
meted out to them. So they came back to the communities on a vengeance
mission, which coincided with the time the Governor Bello Matawalle
administration had struck a peace deal between herders and farmers in
the state. As you know, the authorities would not relax and watch
anyone cause trouble after the peace deal; that is why they quickly
intervened to de-escalate the tension,’’ the source said.

The paper quoted a resident of the area, Hassan Idris, saying, “When
the herders arrived at the communities, people fled their homes out of
apprehension. You know that in a situation like this, the herders
wouldn’t bother to distinguish between those who offended them and
those who did not. There could be high casualties; that is why the
people saw them and fled.

“But the fleeing residents have now returned to their homes and
normalcy has been restored. The timely intervention of the police
really saved the situation. All the aggrieved parties have put
everything behind them for the sake of peace.’’

Also, the spokesman for the state police command, SP Muhammad Shehu,
said the commissioner of police, Usman Nagogo, led other officers to
the palace of the Emir of Gummi, Alhaji Hassan Lawal, to consolidate
on their earlier peace-building processes.

“The two warring groups of Fulani and Hausa communities from Gwalli
and Makaranta villages in the local government were assembled at the
palace of Emir of Gummi. The reason for the assembly was to address
the existing rivalry/dispute through peaceful dialogue and
reconciliation so as to avoid unwarranted loss of lives and
property,’’ Shehu said.

He said Nagogo, who presided over the meeting, called on the two
warring parties to voice out their grievances in order to address them
once and for all. He enjoined them to respect the resolutions reached
during the meeting by accepting the peace deal, as well as avoid
anything that could lead to a breakdown of law and order in Gummi and
Zamfara.

Nagogo assured them that the ongoing peace initiative was being
carried out with all sense of sincerity and justice to all the
parties. He thanked the emir for his continued support and cooperation
to the peace initiative.

Speaking at the meeting, the Emir of Gummi, Alhaji Lawal Hassan Gummi,
commended the commissioner of police for his untiring effort in the
restoration of lasting peace in Zamfara State. He promised his
emirate’s continued collaboration and assistance to the ongoing state
government’s commitment to ensuring peace and tranquility.

During the meeting, all the disputing parties were given equal
opportunities to voice out their grievances. To this end, important
issues were extensively deliberated on and all the warring factions
unanimously agreed to forgive and forget so that there would be
lasting peace, not only in  Gummi Emirate but in the entire state.
 

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it will begin
full rehabilitation of the nations three refineries by January 2020.

The nation’s refineries are located in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna.

The Group Managing Director (GMD) Malam Mele Kyari disclosed this on
Saturday in Port Harcourt during a facility tour to the Port Harcourt
refinery.

Kyari in a  statement said, “We will stick to time, we will deliver
this project by 2022. We will commence actual rehabilitation work in
January.

“We will do everything possible between October and December to close
out all necessary conditions for us to deliver on that project.

“I believe that with the support that we have from the shareholders –
the government of this country, the entire staff of this company and
the contractors, I believe it is doable and we will deliver the
project.”

The NNPC GMD added, "It’s no longer about business now, but a
reputation issue. For the original builders of the refinery, Tecmmont,
Eni/NAOC and NNPC, let us be conscious of the fact that our reputation
is at stake as far as this project is concerned.

“The NNPC leadership has promised this country that our refineries
will work, therefore, we must work not to disappoint over 200 million
Nigerian stakeholders.”

 

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The Senior Pastor and Founder of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly
(COZA), Biodun Fatoyinbo, says he has no business interfacing with
Busola Dakolo in the law court over the allegation of rape levelled
against him because the lawsuit was "filed out of time".

Busola, wife of Nigerian singer Timi Dakolo had sued Fatoyinbo for
raping her when she was a teenager.

The COZA pastor denied the allegation.

An FCT high court in a writ of summons obtained on September 9 by the
News Agency of Nigeria dated September 6 and served on Fatoyinbo,
ordered the pastor to appear before it within 14 days of the service
or judgment may be given in his absence.

But Fatoyinbo through his lawyer Alex Izinyon in a preliminary
objection dated September 20, said the case was filed out of time.

“The claimant’s suit is statute-barred therefore this honourable court
lacks the jurisdiction to entertain same; the suit is frivolous and
palpable abuse of court process.

“The suit has no cause of action for this Honourable Court to
adjudicate upon; the reliefs sought in this instant suit cannot be
granted, therefore this suit is incompetent,” Fatoyinbo said.

He, therefore, demanded to be awarded the cost of N50 million jointly
and severally against Busola and her solicitor, while requesting the
court dismiss the suit for abuse of judicial process.

Meanwhile, Pelumi Olajengbesi, lead counsel to Dakolo, when contacted
to react on the preliminary objection filed by Fatoyinbo, declined to
comment on the matter.

On the other hand, Busola Dakolo is seeking the order of the court to
compel Fatoyinbo to publish a clearly worded apology to her on the
front page of at least two (2) National Newspapers and two National
Televisions for seven days running consecutively.

She had two months ago made a shocking revelation in a detailed
interview with Chude Jideonwo, a lawyer and journalist of how the
Abuja-based cleric raped her as a teenager.

She claimed that Fatoyinbo had sexual intercourse with her on
September 23 and 26, 2002 caused her continuous emotional distress and
amount to intentional infliction of emotional distress.

The viral video report had set social media and other online platforms
on fire, evoking shock, backlash and criticisms from Nigerians,
especially the Christian community.

Pastor Fatoyinbo was detained during interrogation over the rape
allegation at the Force Headquarters in Abuja in August but was later
released on bail.

Fatoyinbo had also boycotted the panel set up by the Pentecostal
Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) to investigate the rape allegation against
him, claiming that he was advised by his lawyers not to appear.

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