“I said the truth about S/Court verdict on Rivers Assembly,” Falana tells Wike.
Legal luminary Femi Falana, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has responded to Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), over allegations that the former lied against the supreme court.
Speaking during a press briefing, 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,”
“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,” Wike was quoted as saying.
In a statement on Sunday, Falana said Wike’s allegations were baseless and tendentious.
He said the allegations stemmed from his comments on a recent supreme court ruling on the defection of 27 members of the Rivers state assembly.
“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. 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 that Wike had praised the supreme court’s decision and held a thanksgiving service to celebrate it.
