$10,000 extortion: CJN disowns Shehu Sani - The Nation Newspaper

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Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, has distanced himself from Senator ShehuSani, currently being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (OfficialEFCC) for alleged N4 million extortion.

Sani, who represented Kaduna on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in the Eighth National Assembly, was alleged to have obtained funds from a businessman, Alhaji Sani Dauda, owner of ASD Motors, claiming he could influence the outcome of some cases involving the businessman.

Akande said although the issues about the senator’s claimed relationship with the CJN and his alleged fraudulent conduct were still being investigated, Justice Mohammad found it necessary to distance himself from the former lawmaker.

“Even though the veracity of the source of the unsubstantiated statement has not yet been ascertained to know if it was really from the senator, it is, however, imperative to keep the records straight by letting the public know that Justice Tanko Muhammad has never, in his entire life, seen or had any form of encounter or interactions, either directly or remotely with Shehu Sani, let alone giving him assurances of what is not only unethical but equally despicable and inglorious, to say the...

 

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