The Inspector General of Police,
IGP, Ibrahim Idris, has filed a libel suit against the Senator representing
Bauchi Central Senatorial District, Hamman Misau.
Idris is demanding N5 billion as
compensation for alleged defamation.
The Federal Government, through
the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, had earlier preferred
criminal charges against Misau.
The criminal case instituted by
the AGF office and the civil case by the IGP himself are stemmed from
allegations of corruption and unethical practices leveled by Misau against the
IGP in the electronic and print media.
The civil case has been assigned
to Justice Jude Okeke of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
while the criminal case is before the Chief Judge of the court, Justice Ishaq
Bello.
Justice Okeke has fixed for
November 13, 2017 for hearing in the case.
The IGP’s lawyer, Marcel Oru, in
the suit prayed the court to award cumulative aggravated and exemplary damages
of N5 billion to his client against the Senator.
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