Just In : Jubilation As Former Minister Under Buhari’s Govt Loses In Court
In a ruling on Monday, a high court in the Federal Capital Territory sided with the Incorporated Trustees of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) against former Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Tallen, in Suit No: CV/816/2016.
The court declared Tallen’s statement as unconstitutional, careless, reckless, disparaging, and contemptuous of the Federal High Court of Nigeria.
As part of the judgment, the court issued an injunction restraining the ex-minister from holding any public office unless she publishes a personally signed apology letter to Nigerians and the Judiciary on a full page of two national newspapers.
The court ordered that the injunction against Tallen holding any public office would become perpetual if she fails to comply with the directive to publish an apology letter within 30 days.
The legal action by the NBA Incorporated Trustees followed Tallen’s public comments on the judgment of the Federal High Court in Suit No. FHC/YL/12/2022 delivered on October 14, 2022, involving Mallam Nuhu Ribadu v. All Progressives Congress (APC) & 2 Ors. Tallen had described the court decision as “a kangaroo judgment that should be rejected by well-meaning Nigerians.”
Despite a letter from the NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau, dated November 14, 2022, requesting Tallen to withdraw the disparaging comments and tender an unreserved public apology to the court, she did not comply. Consequently, the NBA filed Suit No: CV/816/2016 before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory.
