Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has asked the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to investigate allegations that he received N4 billion from th
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has asked the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to investigate allegations that he received N4 billion from the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu.
Reports had surfaced that Magu gave the vice president N4billion, while Osinbajo also allegedly gave instructions to Magu to release some of the recovered loots. Osinbajo’s lawyer noted that if the allegation is false after investigation, the IGP should initiate criminal proceedings against Jackson Ude, publisher of the said report.
In the petition dated July 8 2020 and addressed to the IGP through his lawyer, Taiwo Osipitan, hee said, “We act as Solicitors to Prof Yemi Osinbajo, the vice president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (“our Client”) and on whose instruction we write this petition against one Jackson Ude for criminal defamation.
“These vicious and malicious publications are meant to achieve one objective only, to represent to his readership and others (Nigerians and foreigners) that our client is a dishonest and disloyal public officer and consequently unfit for the position of Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which he is occupying.
“We are of the view that unless an action for criminal defamation is commenced against the said Mr Jackson Ude, he will continue to use his social media platform to publish materials that are false and criminally defamatory of our client’s reputation.
“In view of the above, we humbly request that you cause the above allegations, made against our client, to be investigated and if the suggested investigation confirms our complaint of the falsehood of these allegations, to initiate criminal proceedings pursuant to the provisions of sections 391 – 395 of the penal code act for criminal defamation against the said Jackson Ude.”
