Abuja Court to deliver judgment in DSS staff N5.5bn suit against SERAP May 5

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has yet fixed May 5 for judgement successful a N5. 5Bn defamation suit Instituted by 2 operatives of the Department of the State Services (DSS) against a non-governmental organization, the Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP).

Justice Halilu Yusuf fixed the judgement transportation day successful a proceeding announcement conscionable delivered to the parties successful the suit and sighted by DAILY POST analogous connected Monday.

The Judge connected had connected February 19 reserved the judgement aft taking arguments for and against the suit by the 3 parties successful the substance and announced that the day for its transportation would beryllium communicated to parties.

The DSS unit had listed SERAP arsenic 1st suspect successful the suit, marked: CV/4547/2024, and its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare arsenic the 2nd defendant.

In the suit filed successful the names of 2 officials of DSS – Sarah John and Gabriel Ogundele – the claimants accused the 2 defendants of making mendacious assertion that John and Ogundele invaded SERAP’s Abuja bureau connected September 9, 2024.

Counsel to the DSS, Oluwagbemileke Samuel Kehinde had portion adopting his last code successful the mater urged the Judge to assistance each the reliefs sought by his lawsuit successful the involvement of justice.

He admitted that though the names of the 2 claimants were not mentioned successful the defamation materials, they had nevertheless established important circumstances...