Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari has dragged the government of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose to court over his claim that she was involved in the Halliburton scandal.
Fayose had alleged that Mrs Buhari was involved in the Halliburton scandal over which US lawmaker, William Jefferson was convicted.
Fayose had rebuffed Mrs Buhari’s demand for a retraction of the offending statement, saying that she should wait until 2018 when he would finish his tenure as governor.
In an ex-parte motion, filed on July 20, 2016, and obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, Mrs. Buhari prayed the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, to grant her reliefs to issue writ of summons against Mr. Fayose and his media advisers, Idowu Adelusi and Lere Olayinka.
The presiding judge, Justice Olukayode Adeniyi granted all reliefs sought by Mrs. Buhari, including an order of substituted service.
Counsel to the plaintiff, Mary Ekpere prayed the court for the lawsuit to be served on Mr. Fayose and his two aides, even though Ekiti State is outside the jurisdiction of the Abuja Division of the FHC.
Justice Adeniyi approved that the service be done through a courier service, DHL, or “by publication in the online media platform, namely PREMIUM TIMES with web page: www.premiumtimesng.com,” according to court filings sighted by PREMIUM TIMES.
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