The counsel appealed to the Presiding Judge to give them time to examine the security situation and secure their witnesses before presenting them before it. So we told the tribunal that we can’t proceed today after we managed to secure the attendance of three witnesses. In this case, we have every right to be here and we ask the Inspector General of Police, SSS and all concerned to offer security to us. Our fate lies more in the hands of the Inspector General of Police that the Commissioner of Police. “Beyond that, the person who is the Governor of the state today, my client is a man of peace just like I described him as a dove inside the Tribunal room.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 19, 2019 17:15 UTC