Alleged Defamation: Governor El-Rufai Testifies In Court Against Nigerian Newspaper (Photos)

Alleged Defamation: Governor El-Rufai Testifies In Court Against Nigerian Newspaper (Photos)

The diminutive All Progressives Congress chieftain and former Minister of the F.C.T, Governor Ahmad Nasir El Rufai has dragged a newspaper company to court for allegedly slandering him.

The court session, Governor Nasir El Rufai in the witness box

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai this morning, 10th of May, 2017 appeared at the State High Court to testify in the libel suit he filed against The Union Newspaper in 2015 over a defamatory assets declaration story.

El-Rufai had sued the Lagos based newspaper for reporting that he declared assets worth N90billion before the Code of Conduct Bureau.

More details are still coming up about the court hearing.

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