Mike Ozekhome distances self from publication seeking arrest of Yari, Mattawale
Lawyer and human rights activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has distanced himself from a statement credited to him, asking the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest two former Governors of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari and Bello Mattawale.
In the article, the SAN had reportedly likened the case of the former governors of Zamafara to that of the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, while questioning the credibility of the anti-graft agency.
The misleading article read in part, “The likes of Abdulaziz Yari, Peter Odili and current Minister of defense, Bello Mattawale has enjoyed similar court order restraining EFCC from prosecuting them in the past, the question begging for answer is why is Bello’s case different.”
However, the human rights lawyer denied ownership of the article published in his name by an online media outlet.
In a post, he described the article as “a lie from the pit of hell”.
“My attention has just been drawn to the above disturbing and shocking piece of trash allegedly authored by me.
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“I did not, never did, nor will I ever contemplate spewing out such odious inanity and banal statement devoid of common sense and reasoning.
“The above write-up ascribed to me is a lie from the pit of hell. How can I, Matawalle’s friend and lawyer of many years, utter such nonsense?
“How could I be linked with a statement suggesting meddling into a matter that is subjudice; or media trial, ad homine application of laws; or conviction before trial, when the whole world knows me for preaching and writing human rights, due process democracy and good governance for over four decades?
“I hereby wholly denounce the write-up. I also hereby humbly urge members of the public to ignore the statement and its banner headline, all of which are utterly false, baseless, unfounded and which are simply idiotic.
“They constitute nothing but hallucinations from the fertile imagination of the writer.”
