The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has expressed fury at a claim that detained former Senator, Shah Sanni, planned to offer him a bribe on behalf of some people.
the CJN, on Sunday, denied any link with him, saying he would take necessary action on what he described as defamation.
In the case being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Alhaji Sani Dauda, he claimed that the former senator demanded N4m from him to give to the CJN and other four judges to influence some pending cases in court.
But the CJN, through a statement by the Supreme Court’s Director, Press and Information, Dr. Festus Akande, described the claim as a blatant lie.
The statement noted that the Supreme Court’s attention was drawn to the report in national dailies “that Senator Shehu Sani allegedly approached Alhaji Sani Dauda of ASD Motors and purportedly demanded the sum of N4, 000,000 to give to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Dr Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, to settle some unnamed four judges over a case he (Shehu Sani) allegedly claimed won’t see the light of the day.”
It added, “Let it be known that if the statement credited to Shehu Sani was actually made by him, it is simply a blatant lie, a figment of his imagination and an orchestrated falsehood immodestly concocted to malign, smear and disingenuously tarnish the good image and reputation of the CJN with a view to gaining financial reward.”
