One Abubakar Sulaiman Muhd, a resident of Kano
has dragged President Goodluck Jonathan to court over a murder attempt.
While presenting the case, the prosecutor read
a case with number FRN/CKN324QC at No 05 Magistrate Court Miller Road, Kano, in
which the plaintiff complained that in the early hour of Wednesday morning, the
18th of February 2015, the Nigerian power authority had brought electricity so
powerful that it caused sparks in his PC charger and destroyed it.
He further alleged that Goodluck Jonathan,
being commander-in-chief of the federation and having everything under his
control, had issued a directive to the power authorities to bring such
dangerous light at the early morning in their covert plot to assassinate him.
Abubakar maintained that had it not been for
God's love and intervention or that the incident happened at night, he would
have been killed while asleep.
'' I'am accusing Goodluck Jonathan in
connivance with power authority of hatching a plot to assassinate me. And I'm
hoping that justice will prevail despite inadequate resourses.''
While speaking to the newsmen at the court
premises, defending lawyer, barrister Femi-Fani Kayode denied that Jonathan has
anything to do with the plot.
''Mr Jonathan did not make any attempt to kill
him and has no knowledge about it,'' he said, a coded allusion to President
Jonathan's ignorance.
''Power authority has the right to bring light
at any hour they like,'' concluded Kayode.
But when asked if bringing light so dangerous
is in line with the Power Authority Act, Human Rationality, barrister Kayode said
that he is not the appropriate person to speak on that.
Abubakar reaffirmed his accusation, saying
''Nobody would do that other than Jonathan in connivance with his boys because
he is the commander-in-chief. He commanded the NEPA to bring the dangerous
light suddenly in the morning hoping that I was asleep, so that the fire would
start and consume me and every single article I possessed,'' leaving him to
start all over again from the scratch.
'' Who can do that to his brother if not an
enemy? They just want to you to start from the scratch all over again despite
the effort you have made for your future.'' Said Abubakar.
He also insisted that there has been several
attempts by the President to kill him and had reported such movements to the
various authorities but ignored to do anything.
''This is not the first time, there were many
attacks previously including a letter....''
There has been cases of harassing journalists
in the country. Years back, a journalist in Lagos was assassinated by a Prince
of Devils through a bomb concealed in a letter. Although many believed that the
death of the Lagos-based journalist was carried out under dictatorial regime,
but there is only thin line between the past military regime and the present
believed to be under democracy.
There is also this belief that the Prince of
Devils has been a protégé to the incumbent and have been close allies for
years.
Abubakar added that ''since the time I began
writing about this regime, I started seeing suspicious movements by the
President and his boys. The way they are eyeing me forced me to take life
insurance policy.''
He further said that he wanted the court to
thoroughly investigate Goodluck Jonathan, Minister for State Power, Director
Energy Supply Agency and Chairman Board of Trustee Power Regulatory Commission
and to do justice for him and called for the concerned citizens to also support
his course.
According to
section12, bracket (6) sub-section (a) and (b) of the CPC, such reckless
criminal act is a treasonable offence and an attempt for murder and arson
against the citizen of the state punishable for 19-year prison term with hard
labour.
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