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Keyamo speaks on suing Tinubu over certificate forgery

The Spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress, APC, Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, has refuted claims of instituting legal action against the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu when he was governor of Lagos State.

Keyamo said he never dragged Tinubu to court over alleged certificate forgery.

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment explained that he only dragged the Lagos State House of Assembly to court to seek an interpretation of the law over an alleged certificate forgery case.

He was reacting to a comment by the spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organization, Daniel Bwala, that he dragged Tinubu to court in 2002.

Keyamo said the Supreme Court had acquitted Tinubu of certificate forgery.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Minister said the case was not “borne out of bitterness and hate” but to “unravel the truth and the real constitutional powers of the House of Assembly”.

Keyamo said: “I never sued Tinubu. No. I sued the House of Assembly seeking an interpretation of the law.

“Once the Supreme Court pronounces on an issue, it becomes binding on even the lawyer who loses and he is bound to obey and defend the judgment of the court.

“So assuming (which is not conceded) that I made any kind of accusation in the matter, once the Supreme Court ruled, that was the end of the matter and from that moment, it behooves me to stop pushing a matter already laid to rest by the highest court of the land and defend the decision.”

Ben Idah

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