Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of the High Court of Federal Capital Territory, Apo, yesterday held that the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed’s mentioning of some prominent Nigerians in alleged looters list does not carry any force of law. Adeniyi stated this while delivering judgment in a suit filed by the Proprietor, African Independent Television and Ray Power Radio, Dr. Raymond Dokpesi.
Dokpesi had sought court’s declaration of the said looters list as void and a breach of his fundamental rights of presumption of innocence. While Justice Adeniyi held that the suit lacked merit, he, however, noted that whatever the information minister had said does not have any meaning in the eyes of the law and therefore, was inconsequential.
The minister had emerged with a list containing names of some prominent Nigerians, most of whom were undergoing trial at various courts, and…
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