The Speaker, Home of Representatives, Abbas Tajuddeen, has filed a direct felony grievance in opposition to Suleman Wakili, former member, Kaduna State Home of Meeting earlier than a Magistrates’ Court docket No. 6 sitting at Chediya, GRA Zaria.
On the resumed listening to of the case on Thursday in Zaria, Mr M.I. Aliyu, counsel to the complainant, sought an adjournment to allow the consultant of the speaker to look in court docket.
In the meantime, counsel to the defendant, Mr. A.Y. Mohammed, didn’t object to the appliance for adjournment.
The presiding Justice of the Peace, Mr Ibrahim-Adamu Salisu, nonetheless, adjourned the case till April 16 for the continuation of the listening to.
The felony grievance was pursuant to the Administration of Felony Justice Legislation and was hinged on the alleged injurious falsehood and defamation of character.
The alleged offences had been opposite to the Penal Code Legislation of Kaduna State 2017.
The speaker instituted the case by way of his Legislative Aide, Aliyu Waziri, on Jan. 9, 2023.
He alleged that someday in November 2022 or thereabout, the defendant printed on a social medium in Hausa Language (his Fb web page), a collection of injurious and blatant false statements with the data that the publication would hurt the repute and integrity of Abbas Tajudeen.
He additional stated the publication had tarnished the hard-earned picture of Abbas Tajudeen, who’s the member representing Zaria Federal Constituency and Speaker Home of Representatives.
