President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ministerial nominee from Taraba State, Senator Sani Abubakar Danladi, has debunked the rumours of his being barred by the Court from holding any political office for ten years.
Rumours on how the Supreme Court in 2019 allegedly banned him from holding any political office for Ten years over forgery allegations, it would be recalled to have been flying around the state and the country since he was nominated as minister by President Tinubu.
Describing the story as false and an attempt to paint him in a bad light, he called on the public, especially his teaming supporters, not to be disturbed but to remain calm.
The ministerial nominee, who broke his silence via a press statement on Sunday made available to Journalists in Jalingo, the state capital, through his lawyer Ujah Israel Ujah, said the story was not only meant to put him in a bad light but also to present him as ineligible for the position for which President Bola Tinubu has nominated him in the eyes of the approving agency.
Going further to describe the story as “a false representation of events”, the nominee that another court has since set aside the ruling of the Court.
“On appealing against the decision to the Court of Appeal, the appeal was struck out for being incompetent.”
The Court, which according to him, “found merit in the case,” had on “October 15, 2021, set aside its earlier decision as being a decision given without jurisdiction.”
Danladi, through his lawyer, added that “It is clear for the blind to see and audible for the deaf to hear that there is no subsisting judgement of any court in Nigeria disqualifying our client from either contesting an election or barring him from holding any public office.”
The people of the state, it would be recalled that since his nomination, have been washed by the rumours that he would not be screened following his alleged barred by the Court from holding any political office pending the expiration of ten years.
