Adegboruwa sues & want Joe Igbokwe prosecuted, removed from public office
All Progressives Congress [APC] Lagos Chapter Publicity Secretary, Mr. Joe Igbokwe
The All Progressives Congress [APC] Lagos Chapter Publicity Secretary, Mr. Joe Igbokwe seems to be in trouble as legal luminary and human rights activist, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has filed an action against him before the Federal High Court, Lagos for rascality, careless Speech.
In the suit, Mr. Adegboruwa alleged that Mr. Igbokwe accused the Supreme Court of selling justice to the governor of Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike.
The bone of contention was a Facebook post where, on July 16, 2018, Mr. Joe Igbokwe published the following statement:
“Wike will not have the audacity and the temerity to kill again in Rivers State and run to the Supreme Court to buy justice. It will never happen again in Nigeria where Buhari is the president.”
After reading it, Adegboruwa immediately asked Mr. Igbokwe to substantiate the allegation.
Defiant, Igbokwe issued another offensive post specifically stating that the Chief Justice of Nigeria was under the influence and payroll of Mr. Nyesom Wike.
In a 32 paragraph affidavit deposed to in support of the suit, Adegboruwa is claiming that Mr. Igbokwe’s post is capable of generating loss of confidence in the judicial system, which will discourage people from seeking redress from the law courts and which will in turn lead to lawlessness and resort to self-help and rule of the might.
He also said that it will lead to loss of patronage for lawyers, who would no longer be able to handle cases in court, given that it is now possible to buy justice with money.
Also, the legal luminary lamented that as a public officer Mr. Igbokwe should be involved in disparaging other public institutions.
The human rights activist noted that his offending post is a clear case of abuse of public trust for which he should be sanctioned appropriately.
Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa also noted that the AGF is the one best placed to take up the case against Joe Igbokwe, on behalf of the judiciary, lawyers and indeed the general public.
Adegboruwa, therefore, amongst other things, asked the court to declare that:
Joe Igbokwe is not entitled to make any statement to the effect that a judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria was bought and paid for.
the statement of the 2nd defendant, to the effect that the judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria was bought and paid for is reckless, unjustifiable and amounts to an unwarranted denigration of the integrity and authority of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in particular and the judiciary in general.
AGF is under a statutory duty to interview, engage and demand from Joe Igbokwe proof of his statement that the judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria was bought and paid for
Joe Igbokwe is not fit and proper person to be elected or appointed into or to hold any public office in any part of the federation of Nigeria.
Joe Igbokwe, his servants, officers and agents, or otherwise howsoever, will not further issue, uttering, publishing or making any statement, of and concerning the judiciary and the legal profession in Nigeria, capable of undermining the credibility, authority, integrity and sanctity of judgments of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and of all other courts in in Nigeria, generally.
Joe Igbokwe forthwith vacate, relinquish and surrender any and all public positions that he presently occupies.”
Other respondent in the suit is the Attorney-General of the Federation [AGF], Mr Abubakar Malami, [SAN].
The case, numbers as FHC/L/CS/1240/2018, is yet to be assigned to any court for hearing.
In a similar vein, the Rivers State Government has also demanded explanations from Mr. Joe Igbokwe or face legal action.
ElombahNews was reliably informed that the Chief Justice of Nigeria [CJN] has asked security agencies to probe Mr. Igbokwe’s allegations and deal with the judges indicted.
However, if the allegations are false, CJN asked them to prosecute Joe Igbokwe.
See the suit attached below:
IN THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT
IN THE LAGOS JUDICIAL DIVISION
HOLDEN AT LAGOS
SUIT NO: FHC/L/CS/1240/2018
BETWEEN:
EBUN-OLU ADEGBORUWA, ESQ. (APPLICANT
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