… SAN Accused Of Fraud
By JOSEPH A. ADUDU
The Jos branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has
been enmeshed in squabbles as some members of the Bar have been accused of
fraud. Our investigation shows that the can of worms was opened by Barrister
Garba D. Yusuf and Barrister Yusuf Ali when they petitioned the Chairman of the
NBA, Jos branch over what they described as fraudulent activity of five other
lawyers and copied the Plateau State Commissioner of Police, the Director,
Directorate of State Security Services (DSS) and the Secretary of the NBA,
Pankshin branch respectively.
The petitioned, entitled “Re: Plateau State APC Legal Team.
A Petition, 2015 Tribunals Engagement and Failure to Pay Legal Fees – Need to
Invite Five Members on Sharing One Hundred Million Naira (N100,000,000.00)”,
reads in part:
“We are solicitors of the Private Bar based and practicing
in Jos, hereinafter called “the solicitors” and wish to complain to you and
equally apply as follows:
“a) During the 2015 General Elections that saw the emergence
of Hon. Simon Bako Lalong as the Executive Governor of plateau State, and other
APC State and National Assembly members, there was a constituted Legal Team by
Hon. Jonathan Mawuyau, where we served on the various Tribunals to the end,
without payments;
“b) On or about the 21st April 2016, you recall
some of the affected solicitors were invited by you in your humble office where
Hon. Garba S. Pwul (SAN) revealed to us that Hon. Simon Bako Lalong released a
total sum of One Hundred Million Naira (N100,000,000.00) only for disbursement
to the affected solicitors wherein he gave out the said amount to five (5)
people for effective sharing to the affected solicitors;
“c) During the said meeting, it was made clear that the said
five (5) people shared the One Hundred Million Naira (N100,000,000.00) using
their discretion, wherein we rejected the said discretion, as stated by H. S.
Hazard (Esq.);
“d) Upon the revelations in paragraphs (b) and (c) above, we
humbly petition that you invite the five people (Lawyers) involved to your
office so that we shall be shown the mode of sharing including the TOKEN said
to be given to Hon. Garba S. Pwul (SAN) “as the African Tradition” so
encouraged them to do so;
“e) You may kindly act as we apply within a short time of
about 7 days from the date of the receipt of this letter.
“f) The five people to be invited are:
i. Jim Gotom (Esq.)
ii. A. B. Bako (Esq.)
iii. Steve T. Abar (Esq.)
iv. H. S. Hazard (Esq.)
v. O. S. Westley a.k.a. Chaka (Esq.)
“Thank you for your anticipated cooperation, as we equally
say we SHALL pursue the issue to the end no matter what will happen.”
African Drum investigation
further reveals that while the issue was still being sorted out, one of the
accused, Barrister Steve Abar, was nominated by Governor Simon Bako Lalong to
serve as member of the Plateau State Judicial Service Commission, a development
that prompted barrister Yusuph D. Garba to petition the Plateau State House of
Assembly on the matter.
The petition, which was addressed to the Speaker through the
Clerk of the House, was entitled: “Re: Nomination of Steve Abbar (Esq.) to the
Plateau State Judicial Service Commission – Petition Against Him”. It reads:
“I am a practicing Solicitor at No. 4 Yingi, Rayfield Road,
Jos, Plateau State, and equally an indigene of this state from Kanam Local
Government Area (LGA).
“By reasons of the need to stamp out every element of
corruption in Public Systems, and by my belief and conviction in the present
Government’s intention and arrangements to fight corrupt practices, I petition
that this Hallowed House of Assembly does not consider BARRISTER STEVE ABBAR
who is from Benue State to the membership of the Plateau State Judicial Service
Commission.
“It is known that the Executive Governor of Plateau State,
Hon. Barrister Simon Bako Lalong, sent to this Honourable House nominees for
due consideration by this House against the 3rd day of November,
2016. The names of STEVE ABBAR are sent for screening and possible confirmation,
and my reasons for the PETITION against him include:
“a) STEVE ABBAR (ESQ.) is one of the six (6) Lawyers who
defrauded over fifty (50) other Lawyers of N100,000,000.00 (One Hundred Million
Naira) meant to partly pay those said Lawyers for handling All Progressives
Congress (APC) Election Matters at the 2015 Election Tribunal Cases. He led the
fraudulent subject of that action, along with:
i. Garba Pwul (SAN)
ii. Jim Gotom Esq.
iii. A. B. Bako Esq.
iv. H. S. Hazard Esq.
v. O. S. Westly Esq. a.k.a. CHAKA
“This information is supported by a Petition to the Jos
Nigerian Bar Association Chairman, and copied Security Bodies in the State.
Photocopies are annexed for your consideration.
“b) By the antecedents of STEVE ABBAR, it is noteworthy to
consider the fact that there are many qualified indigenous Lawyers of Plateau
State who know the working problems of the State Judiciary and who can check
these problems and proffer excellent solutions to them.
“Honourable Gentlemen of the House, my PETITION is just, and
I can come to the floor of this Honourable House and defend this document
(PETITION).
“The fraudulent conduct of STEVE ABBAR and the other five
(5) Lawyers, against the over fifty (50) Lawyers as in above has created an
impending litigation against this APC led Government of Plateau State.
“I thank this Honourable House of Assemble (sic) for taking
all pains to understanding me.”
This petition, from our investigation, did not go down well
with the accused and appeared to be the last straw that broke the camel’s back
as revealed by the immediate reaction of the accused, who threatened legal
action.
The first to react was Garba Pwul (SAN) who described
Yusuph’s letter as an attempt to destroy his hard-earned reputation and
demanded an unconditional and unreserved apology, adding that failure to do so
would leave him with no option than to seek legal redress.
In a demand letter to Yusuph from G. S. Pwul (SAN) and
Partners of Ishamtu Memorial Chambers, No. 34, West of Mines, Jos, entitled, “Demand for Immediate Retraction of
Defamatory Publication Against Chief Garba S. Pwul, SAN” and signed by V.
M. G. Pwul, Esq., it reads:
“We write on behalf of Chief Garba S. Pwul, SAN, FCIArb,
hereinafter referred to as “our Client”.
“On 2nd November, 2016, you addressed a petition
to the Hon. Speaker, Plateau State House of Assembly, through the Clerk of the
House, against Steve Abar, Esq. In the said petition you wrote of, and
concerning, our client the following words:
“a) STEVE ABBAR (ESQ.) is one of the six (6) Lawyers who defrauded
over fifty (50) other Lawyers of N100,000,000.00 (One Hundred Million Naira)
meant to partly pay those said Lawyers for handling All Progressives Congress
(APC) Election Matters at the 2015 Election Tribunal Cases. He led the
fraudulent subject of that action, along with:
i. Garba Pwul (SAN)
ii. Jim Gotom Esq.
iii. A. B. Bako Esq.
iv. H. S. Hazard Esq.
v. O. S. Westley Esq. a.k.a. CHAKA
“The fraudulent conduct of Steve Abbar and the other five
(5) Lawyers, against the over fifty (50) Lawyers as in above has created an
impending litigation against this APC led Government of Plateau State.
“By the above quoted words you have defamed our Client in
his person and his profession as a legal practitioner, and have thereby lowered
his reputation in the eyes of reasonable and right-thinking members of the
society, particularly the person to whom your letter was addressed, members of
the Plateau State House of Assembly whom were given copies of your letter and
members of the Nigerian Bar Association.
“Our client has instructed us to and we hereby demand, that
within 14 days of your receipt of this letter, you tender an unconditional and
unreserved apology to our Client, and copy same to:
(i) the Executive Governor of Plateau State;
(ii) the Plateau State Ministry of Justice;
(iii) the Plateau State House of Assembly; and
(iv) the Nigerian Bar Association, Jos Branch.
“Failure to meet the demand hereinbefore stated within the
prescribed time frame will leave us no option but to proceed against you in a
law court to protect the hard earned reputation of our Client. In the event of
a court action, our client’s demand will in addition to the above demand, seek
damages and other remedies legally available to him.”
The following day, Barr. Yusuph received another demand
letter from H. S. Ardzard, Esq. demanding for one hundred million naira
(N100,000,000.00) as damages for defamation of his character. In his letter
dated 16th November, 2016 entitled: “Your Defamatory Letter Against My Person and Demand for Immediate Retraction
and Apology” and signed by H. S. Ardzard, Esq. of H. S. Ardzard & Co.
of No. 5, Kashim Ibrahim Street, Jos, he stated:
“I am in receipt of a letter dated 4th November,
2016 from the Government of Plateau State to which was attached three different
correspondences authored by you which were forwarded to me for my response to
the allegations raised therein. These correspondences are as follows:
“1. Letter on the letterhead of Binchen Jantur & Co.
dated 26th April 2016 addressed to the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar
Association titled: “Re: Plateau State
A.P.C. Legal Team: A Petition, 2015 Tribunals Engagement and Failure to Pay
Legal Fees – Need to Invite Five Members on Sharing One Hundred Million Naira
(N100,000,000.00) wherein you alleged that in the aftermath of the 2015
General Election in Plateau State, there was a Legal Team constituted by Hon.
Jonathan Mawiyau where you “served on the various Tribunals to the end without
payments” and that the Learned Garba S. Pwul (SAN) revealed to you at a forum
that Hon. Simon Bako Lalong released a total sum of One Hundred Million Naira
(N100,000,000.00) which sum was allegedly given to five (5) persons including
my humble self for sharing but which purported mode of sharing was never
explained to you.
“The letter which was copied inter alia to (1) The Director,
Department of State Services (DSS) Plateau State Command and (2) The
Commissioner of Police, Plateau State Command is not only fraught with
innuendos but is also defamatory to my person.
“The innuendos in the said letter is that I was part of a
group of five (5) persons who was given the sum of N100,000,000.00 by Hon.
Simon Bako Lalong to share to a Legal Team constituted by Hon. Jonathan Mawiyau
which represented Hon. Simon Bako Lalong and other A.P.C. State and National
Assembly members in various Tribunals and that the said sum was shared devoid
of honesty and transparency.
“For the avoidance of doubt may I state that at no time
whatsoever did I whether as individual or in a group receive the sum of N100,000,000
or any sum at all from Hon. Simon Bako Lalong or from any other person to share
to a Legal Team constituted by Hon. Jonathan Mawiyau which purportedly
represented Hon. Simon Bako Lalong or any other A.P.C. State and National
Assembly Members in any Tribunal.
“2. Two (2) Nos. Letters on the letterhead of Maren &
Yusuph Solicitors/Consultants dated 2nd November 2016 and 3rd
November 2016 respectively both addressed to the Honourable Speaker, Plateau
State House of Assembly through the Clerk of the House titled: Re: Nomination of Steve Abbar (sic) (Esq.)
to the Plateau State Judicial Service Commission – Petition Against Him wherein
you inter alia alleged that I together with five (5) other distinguished
lawyers “defrauded over fifty (50) other lawyers of N100,000,000 meant to
partly pay those said lawyers for handling All Progressive Congress (APC)
Election Matters at the 2015 Election Tribunal Cases (sic)”.
“Your allegation in these letters is not only false in all
material facts but is also insidious and well calculated to tarnish my good
name and reputation which I labored to build over the years. For the avoidance
of doubt, it is not true that I whether as individual or in a group defrauded
over 50 lawyers who purportedly handled Al Progressive Congress (APC) election
matters at the 2015 Election Petition Tribunals or any other person for that
matter.
“Your allegation against me which you widely circulated has
occasioned odium, opprobrium and ridicule on my person and portrayed me as a
fraudulent and dishonest person who is unworthy of any modicum of trust. This
allegation has made me to be profiled by Security Institutions as a fraudulent
and dishonest person and to also loose (sic) respect before the General Public.
“I have worked hard over the years to build a good name and
reputation for myself and I will not fold my arms to watch you drag my hard
earned good name and reputation in the mud. Consequently, I demand from you the
following:
“(1) A Retraction of the allegations you made against me in the
letters listed above and which retraction should not only be addressed to all
the persons and institutions to whom you addressed or copied those letters but
should also be published in two (2) widely circulated National Daily Newspaper
(sic).
“(2) A written unreserved apology addressed to me – with an
undertaking that you will never repeat such false allegations against me.
“(3) The sum of N100,000,000 (One Hundred Million Naira) as
damages for defamation of my character.
“If the above demands are not met by you within a period of
fourteen (14) days from the service of this letter on you, I shall without
further reference to you initiate both Criminal and Civil Litigations against
you for defamation of character.
“A word is enough for the wise.”
On the 17 of November, 2016 Yusuph was in receipt of yet
another demand letter this time from Barrister Stephen Abar, demanding for the
sum of five hundred million naira (N500,000,000) for what he described as
“unquantifiable injury” done to his reputation.
In the letter entitled, “Re:
Nomination of Steve Abbar (Esq) to the Plateau State Judicial Service
Commission – Petition Against Him” and signed by Stephen T. Abar, Esq. of
No. 2 Barracks Road, Opposite St. Theresa’s Parish Hall, Jos, it read:
“The above subject matter refers.
“My attention has been drawn to a libelous and malicious
publication under the guise of a “petition” (hereinafter referred to as “the
publication”), which you authored and sent to the Plateau State House of
Assembly through the Clerk of the House, with Ref. MY/006/011/16 and dated 3rd
November, 2016. In the said publication, you maliciously leveled weighty
allegations of fraud against me and concerning my person and others mentioned
therein.
“Annexed to the said offensive publication is a letter
purportedly written by or on behalf of a group of lawyers and which you signed.
In the said annexure, similar allegation of fraud was made against my person
and others also mentioned therein. In further publication of the annexure, you
had copied the Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association, Pankshin Branch; The
Director, Directorate of State Services and the Commissioner of Police, Plateau
State Command, Jos.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the allegation you made in the
said publication, which suffers poverty of substance and evidence, has no shred
of truth in it. It is at best a malicious, offensive and injurious publication
intended to disparage and embarrass me. The publication has a further intent of
depicting me in a negative way before informed members of the public,
especially members of the noble Legal Profession in Nigeria of which I am a
member and has served meritoriously to the highest levels.
“Your publication has exposed me to public ridicule and
odium, injuriously affected my business of Legal Practice and has lowered my
reputation in the estimation of my family members, friends, colleagues and
other right thinking members of the society.
“Consequently, I demand that you tow the path of honour and
in writing, retract the baseless and malicious allegation you made against me
and issue a formal apology which you MUST circulate to all the persons you
earlier published it to. I also demand damages in the sum of N500,000,000.00
(Five Hundred Million Naira) only for the unquantifiable injury done to my
reputation.
“TAKE NOTICE that in the event you fail, neglect and/or
refuse to accede to my demands within Seven (7) days of receipt of this letter,
I shall be compelled to immediately commence legal action against you for the
torts of Defamation and Injurious Falsehood.
“It is in our mutual interest if you allow wise counsel to
prevail.”
Seven days after, Barr. Yusuph Garba replied all the
letters, beginning with that of Stephen T. Abar written on 24th
November, 2016 and addressed to him, entitled: “Re: Nomination of Steve Abbar (Esq.) to the Plateau State Judicial
Service Commission – Petition Against Him – My Response and Stand”. The
reply goes like this:
“I anticipated a letter like this from you and, behold, it
has come as reflected in above content. My humble reply is:
“a. It is very true and correct that I wrote to the Speaker,
Plateau State House of Assembly, through the Clerk of the House, a petition
against you where the names of 5 five other Lawyers appeared concerning your
roles in a One Hundred Million Naira (N100,000,000.00) fraud committed against
over 50 (fifty) Lawyers who served on all Progressive Congress (A.P.C.) Legal
Team of 2015 Election petition.
“b. The information I reflected was very CORRECT and TRUE,
as it was from a revelation from Hon. Garba S. Pwul (SAN) and H. S. Ardzard
(Esq.), at a meeting you tactfully avoided on the 21st April, 2016
in the office of L. D. Dafier (Esq.).
“c. In that meeting which I attended along with other
Lawyers, Hon. Garba S. Pwul (SAN) and H. S. Ardzard (Esq.) revealed the
following names of Lawyers whom he gave a total of N100,000,000.00 (One Hundred
Million Naira0 to, for part payment to lawyers who handled A.P.C. Tribunal
petitions in 2015 to include:
1. Steve Abar (Esq.)
2. H. S. Ardzard (Esq.)
3. Jim Gotom (Esq.)
4. A. B. Bako (Esq.)
5. O. S. Westly a.k.a. CHAKA (Esq.)
“d. H. S. Ardzard (Esq.), in that meeting initiated by L. D.
Dafier (Esq.) the immediate past Nigerian Bar Association (N.B.A.) Chairman,
Jos branch, confirmed that you people got the said money and used your
DISCRETION to share same to yourselves! Hon. Garba S. Pwul (SAN) was directly
present but elected to be silent on the sharing formula, and even when H. S.
Ardzard said he, Hon. Garba S. Pwul (SAN) collected from the N100,000,000.00 as
a TOKEN KOLA in reflection of African Tradition.
“e. I have NO APOLOGY to tender to any one of you, and I
shall NOT retract my publication. I was equally correct to caution the Plateau
State House of Assembly not to consider you on the Plateau State Judicial
Service Commission because your conduct as revealed on the 21st
April, 2016, at the mentioned meeting has the variables and elements of
financial fraud. This, too, I do not regret because a State Judicial Commission
is a body that must not have corrupt people like you there. You know, too, that
you are not from Plateau State, so which Local Government Area are you
representing from Plateau State? Are there no better Lawyers from Plateau State
who are capable of occupying this hallowed Commission?
“Hon. Steve Abar (Esq.), you can see my wise argument. I
await your Legal Action against me as I say it again, that I shall NOT
APOLOGIZE and or RETRACT my publication.”
This letter was followed with another the following day,
addressed to V. M. G. Pwul (Esq.), entitled, “Re: Demand for Immediate Retraction of Defamatory Publication Against
Chief Garba S. Pwul, SAN – My Reply and Position”. In it, Barr. Yusuph
Garba wrote:
“I got your letter as it relates to the above subject, and
sincerely wish to say:
“a. The statements quoted represent, truly, what I wrote in
the Petition against STEVE ABAR (Esq.) to the Hon. Speaker, Plateau State House
of Assembly, through the Clerk of the House.
“b. I still stand by the fact that your client attended the
meeting of 21st April, 2016, in the office of the immediate past
Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) where H. S. ARDZARD (Esq.)
revealed, in the presence of other Lawyers, how your client gave them the total
sum of N100,000,000.00 (One Hundred
Million Naira) for disbursement to over 50 affected Lawyers as part payment
to settle their Legal Fees for the 2015 All Progressive Congress (A.P.C.) Legal
Team.
“c. The revelation at that meeting was further backed by the
fact that the other Lawyers (STEVE ABAR, Jim Gotum, A. B. Bako, and O. S.
Westly a.k.a. CHAKA) had to BEG your client to collect even from the said N100,000,000.00 some TOKEN to fulfill
an African Tradition of giving KOLA to elders (your client) for bringing a gift
to a people (the Team of Lawyers).
“d. Your client was directly seated next to H. S. Ardzard
(Esq.) and my humble self while L. D. Daffier (Esq.) chaired the meeting, but
he, your client, did NOT DENY collecting from the said One Hundred Million
Naira meant for the over 50 Lawyers on the A.P.C. Legal Team.
“e. Your Client denied that he did not tell Yusuf Ali (Esq.)
that I had promised I was going to burn his Law Office in Jos, and then kill
him on a busy street in Abuja, against the fact of which I later wrote letters
to the Directorate of State Services and the Commissioner of Police – all of
Plateau State Commands.
“f. By the quoted words you are complaining of, I merely
revealed to the Plateau State House of Assembly what H. S. Ardzard (Esq.) said
at the 21st April, 2016 meeting as to how STEVE ABAR (Esq.) was
involved in the mess and how your Client who was all through present, could not
deny. Rather your client confirmed he gave the five other Lawyers One Hundred
Million Naira from His Excellency, Simon Bako Lalong, to partly pay the Lawyers
on the A.P.C. Legal Team.
“g. It is very correct to say that up to this day, the
affected Lawyers have not been paid their Legal Fees and nothing is said on the
payments hence their move now to take a Legal action for their demands.
“All I revealed in my Petition spells fraud against me and
the other over 50 Lawyers who faithfully served the present A.P.C.-led
administration even at the National level.
“Your client had the immediate time to deny what H. S.
Ardzard (Esq.) said at the 21st April, 2016 meeting referred to, but
he conceded to the revelation made by H. S. Ardzard (Esq.) against himself and
the other named Lawyers whose actions all amount to defrauding over 60 Lawyers
on the A.P.C. Legal Team of 2015.
“I shall therefore NOT reach your demands as you want me to,
because what I said in my petition is correct and true. The Hon. Commissioner
of Justice, Plateau State, Hon. Jonathan Mawiyau (Esq.) was reported what
happened at the meeting of 21st April, 2016, and all attempts made
for the payment of Legal Fees for the A.P.C. Legal Team of 2015.
“I shall reveal more things at the Court trial you intend to
have against my innocent person.”
And on 26th of November, 26, the third reply was
made to Barr. H. S. Ardzard, entitled: “Re: Your Defamatory Letter Against My
Person and Demand for Immediate Retraction and Apology – My Humble Response and
Position.” It reads:
“My attention was drawn to your letter to me on the above
subject issue, and I faithfully say:
“1. I shall NOT retract and apologize to you as you are
demanding from me, as I have no apology to offer you on the issues you raised
against my very self, so you can take the Legal Action you are preparing.
“2. You must note that there was a constituted Legal Team to
handle the Legal matters at the Election Tribunal in 2015, for the All
Progressive Congress (A.P.C.) and I was one of the other said Lawyers on the
Team. The said Legal Team worked faithfully till the end, and you were on the
said Team too.
“3. Note also that STEVE ABAR (Esq.); A. B. Bako (Esq.); Jim
Gotom (Esq.); Hon. Garba & Pwul SAN; and O. S. Westly (Esq.) were all also
on this Team.
“4. In an attempt to settle the issue of non-payment of
Lawyers on the A.P.C. Legal Team, the immediate past Nigerian Bar Association
(NBA) Chairman, Hon. L. D. Dafier (Esq.) summoned a meeting in his office of
No. 2 Barracks Road, Jos, on the 21st April, 2016 where you attended
with other Lawyers including myself and Hon. Garba S. Pwul SAN.
“5. Recall, too, that you, at the meeting, acknowledged
collecting the total sum of N100,000,000.00 (One Hundred Million Naira) from
Hon. Garba S. Pwul SAN for the part payment of Legal Fees to the over (fifty)
50 Lawyers who served on A.P.C. Legal Team, with an advice to so pay the
affected Lawyers using your discretion.
“6. Further note that Hon. Garba S. Pwul SAN and you
mentioned other Lawyers who got the said N100,000,000.00 to include:
a. Steve Abar (Esq.)
b. Jim Gotom (Esq.)
c. A. B. Bako (Esq.), and
d. O. S. Westly a.k.a. CHAKA (Esq.)
Your response as to how you shared the said money to the
affected Lawyers, when I demanded that we knew, was that you, (the five of you
Lawyers who collected the money as the names appear above), had to strongly BEG
Hon. Garba S. Pwul SAN to collect, and he collected some TOKEN out of the said
N100,000,000.00 as African Tradition allows as KOLA for elders who bring good
message to the people.
“7. Sadly then, Hon. Garba S. Pwul SAN did not rebut and or
immediately deny his collecting the said TOKEN KOLA, out of the N100,000,000.00
meant for over 50 Lawyers on the A.P.C. Legal Team. He revealed, rather, that
he thought he did some favour to the over 50 Lawyers on the A.P.C. Legal Team
of 2015 when he caused them to be engaged!!! You did NOT, on your own part
reveal the discretion you people used in your sharing to yourselves the amount
of N100,000,000.00 meant for the over 50 lawyers on the Legal Team.
“8. It is correct to note that Steve Abar (Esq.), Jim Gotom
(Esq.), A. B. Bako (Esq.) and O. S. Westly a.k.a. CHAKA (Esq.) did not attend
the 21st April, 2016 meeting under reference, as O. S. Westly a.k.a.
CHAKA (Esq.) was hospitalized.
“Having said the summary as in above, it is correct to say
the said over 50 Lawyers on the A.P.C. Legal Team of 2015 Election Tribunal
HAVE NOT BEEN paid their Legal Fees up to now, even after all promises Hon.
Simon Bako Lalong had made before and after his assumption of office as the
Executive Governor of Plateau State; the Home of Peace and Tourism. Remember
that this is a Government that came to fight corruption. It is a Government on
a RESCUE MISSION, but I, rather see Dog eating Dog; Lawyers defrauding
Lawyers!!
“I reserve other issues since I shall say more when you
shall take Criminal and Civil actions against me. If you had explained how you
people shared Lawyers’ Legal Fees to yourselves, if you had paid these over 50
Lawyers their Legal Fees, then, to me, you would have had a good measure of
honour. Now, by your actions, I rather smell Fraud, Corruption and Breach of
Trust and misappropriation of Lawyers’ Legal Fees. You have no honor before
me!!! Your hands are soiled with Lawyers’ money. Your hands are full of Blood
money!
“You can see why I had to alert the Plateau State House of
Assembly through the Clerk of the House, to stop STEVE ABAR (Esq.) from being
nominated into the JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSIONER (sic) of Plateau State. He
will promote and breed corruption there, because his actions are corrupt. He
must not have been an ex-convict before being corrupt.” A reliable source
informed this magazine that the aggrieved Lawyers have resolved to take legal
action against the APC in Plateau state.
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