representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District, greatly tarnished his public image. For instance, the IGP told
the court that Misau had in a news report entitled “Police Officers pay bribe for special promotion—
Senator”, published in the Daily Trust of August 10, quoted thus: “You are talking about N500,000, it’s
beyond that. A serving police officer aware of the trend has told me that they pay as much as N2.5m to get
special promotion. Other sources have also confirmed to me. So it is nothing but fact.” He told the court
that the lawmaker had in other reports that were published in the same paper on August 22 and 26, ,
entitled , “Bribe for promotion: “Senator asks DSS to probe Police, PSC”, and “Senator accuses IGP of
collecting N120 billion from oil firms, others”, accused him of perpetuating bribery and corruption in the
Nigerian Police Force. The plaintiff insisted that Misau’s allegation that he collected payment for special
security service rendered by the police to corporate bodies, oil firms and highly placed citizens, was false
and malicious. He said that Misau accused him of nepotism by alleging that he not only favoured officers of
his Nupe extraction, but that he also appointed one Moses Jitoboh who was out of field of operational
service to that of political service for close to 20 years, as Adamawa State Police Commissioner.
Consequently, the IGP, aside asking for 5bn as aggravated and exemplary damages, further prayed the court
to compel Misua to tender public apology to him in two widely read national dailies. He is also seeking for
an order of injunction restraining Misau (defendant), by himself his cohorts, servants or otherwise, from
further publishing, causing to be published, the said words similarly defamatory of the plaintiff. The IGP
told the court that allegation that he collected as much as N15m from police officers seeking favourable
posting, depicted him as a corrupt public officer.
He aforesaid that words Misau used against him were “offensive” in their natural and normal which means.
consistent with him, the words were understood to mean that the litigant collects immense sums of cash
from cops for postings or promotion, that the litigant is concerned in crimes and guilt of felony and
corruption, nepotism, that the litigant makes undue gain of N10b monthly from company, banks and flush
people while not paying same into government coffers, which the litigant is incompetent to run the African
nation law enforcement agency. The police boss told the court that his name has been seriously broken,
expression he has suffered and still suffering goodish distress, loss of name, embarrassment, shame, odium,
anxiety, anguish, opprobrium and injury to his feelings. The IGP aforesaid he was being shunned by some
friends, colleagues, members of the soldiers, senior officialdom, International bodies and being despised by
some members of the general public and seen as a corrupt and incompetent to run and manage the African
nation law enforcement agency. He averred that the aforesaid publications by the legislator regarding him
has seriously down his name, esteem, integrity and name within the eyes of well- which means Nigerians,
some senior officialdom, in addition as before native and international communities. Meantime, the suit
has been appointed to Justice Jude Okeke WHO has okayed for hearing on Nov thirteen. it'll be recalled
that Misau was on October nineteen, docked before the judicature for creating “injurious falsehood”
against the IGP and also the Police. The lawgiver but pleaded not giulty to the five-count charge that was
supported by the professional person General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, whilst he was
granted bail by the Chief decide, Justice Ishaq Bello to the tune of N5m with 2 sureties in like total.
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