Court Hears N500m Case Against Atiku Tomorrow

The hearing in the suit against the People Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, by the national deputy youth leader of Nigerians Continuity and Progressive (NCP), Dr. Lawal S. Ismaila, comes up tomorrow at the Federal High Court, Abuja.

The plaintiffs, Ichado Samson and members of NCP had dragged Atiku and Dr Nat Yaduma before the court.

In suit No CV/20/63/2020, Ismaila and others are claiming non-payment of N500 million for work done when he was engaged as the director of Atiku Campaign Organisation from 2018 till the conduct of the presidential election in February 2019.

The claimants averred that Atiku violated the contract entered into, refused or neglected to pay their entitlements.

According to their joint statement of claim, they prayed the court for an order awarding to them N500 million being unpaid contract sum due to them since February 2019.

Prior to the 2019 presidential election, Ismaila and his organisation were approached by Atiku organization through Yaduma, requesting them to use their network offices and membership for the  sensitisation and campaign for Atiku to win the presidential election of February 2019.