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FEMI Falana, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, and human rights lawyer, has threatened to sue the management of The Nation Newspapers over corruption allegations. Falana has demanded an apology from the newspaper within 48 hours.
In a letter dated July 12, Falana through his lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, SAN, demanded that the apology must be published on the front page of the newspaper. The letter reads, “The publication and imputations it conveyed is damning.
“It is particularly damning against my client because his entire career as a lawyer has been devoted to fighting human rights abuses and corruption in high and low places (among the many public causes he has become noted for).
“So, to charge such a person with the imputations in your publication is not something that he can (in fairness to himself and the reputation he has worked for all his life) ignore despite that he is also a well-known advocate and defender of press freedom.”
Olumide-Fusika said his client had been a supporter and public advocate of the EFCC and indeed all agencies set-up to rescue the country and its downtrodden masses from the noose of corruption. “It is noteworthy that no attempt was made by you to contact and request my client to react to the allegation before publishing and circulating it to your worldwide readers.
“The impression my client gets from this is that you were well aware that you were publishing a planted story, hence there was no desire or need on your part to seek and balance it with my client’s reaction. This speaks volumes as to your professionalism, as well as your malicious intent,” the letter added, stating further that the matter will be taken to court if the demands were not met within the stipulated time.
The Nation in its article titled: ‘More trouble for Magu as new facts on re-looting of recovered funds emerge,’ alleged that Falana was one of the sources used to siphon money for Magu. The article accused Falana of collecting N28 million through Ahmed Ibrahim, a Kaduna based bureau de change operator on behalf of Magu.
– Jul. 13, 2020 @ 14:07 GMT |
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