On Thursday, the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, suffered a legal defeat in a court case against his political adversary and former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani.
According to reports, the defamation suit filed by El-Rufai against Sani was dismissed by a Kaduna High Court. El-Rufai, the former Governor, had filed the suit in 2018, seeking N2 billion in damages for statements attributed to Sani, which he claimed were completely untrue and damaging to his reputation in the public’s view.
El-Rufai alleged that Sani defamed him by referring to him as a “drunk, loose cannon and an embarrassment to President Muhammadu Buhari”.
However, Justice H.A.L Balogun in his ruling on Thursday, dismissed the suit by El-Rufai, describing it as an abuse of court processes.
