Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai this morning 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.
The Union newspaper had on June 2015 published a story
alleging that El-Rufai declared assets worth N90billion, including 40
mansions scattered across the country. The governor described the story
as "untrue and malicious" shortly after signing the writ of summons.
"Let them come and prove that I am as rich as they
claimed," he said. " I hope I lose the suit because if I have all these
money, I would do a lot more for Kaduna State with the money." he said.
"No one can be sworn into office as governor without
declaring his assets. So, every governor in Nigeria; every elected
officials must have declared his assets before the chief judge swears
him in. It is not even a question requiring an answer."
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