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FALANA HITS BACK AT WIKE OVER ALLEGATIONS OF LYING ABOUT S/COURT VERDICT
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Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has responded to Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), over allegations that he lied about the Supreme Court verdict on Rivers Assembly. In a statement on Sunday, Falana described Wike’s allegations as baseless and tendentious. Wike had accused Falana of spreading falsehoods about the defection status of some Rivers state legislators on national television. “A few days ago, the supreme court settled this matter of defection,” Wike said. “If someone of Femi Falana’s caliber can go on national television and lie, it’s very serious. Lies can cause a lot of crisis.” Falana, however, maintained that his comments were based on facts. “All I said was that the matter of the defection of the 27 legislators was raised suo motu and determined by the eminent Justices of the apex court,” he said. “My comment was based on the undeniable fact that the vexed issue of the defection of the 27 legislators was pending in the Port Harcourt judicial division of the Federal High Court at the material time.” Falana also pointed out the inconsistency in Wike’s position, noting that the minister had praised the Supreme Court’s decision and even held a thanksgiving service to celebrate it.
