Kassim Afegbua: I will report to Police on Wednesday

Prince Kassim Afegbua, spokesperson to former military president
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has said he will report to the Nigeria
Police once he returns from his trip on Wednesday.

A statement issued on his behalf by his counsel, Kayode Ajulo
reads:

“POLICE FORCE DECLARATION OF PRINCE KASSIM AFEGBUA AS
WANTED PERSON: OUR RESPONSE

“Our client, Prince Kassim Afegbua‘s attention has just been
drawn to a malicious news item on Nigeria Television Authority
alleging that the Nigeria Police has declared him wanted over a
statement he issued on behalf of former Military President, General
Ibrahim Babangida, GCFR.

“Prince Afegbua, is a well known journalist and was a cabinet
member of Edo State Government with a known address in Benin, Edo
State and Abuja, yet he is not on notice of the police invitation
whatsoever, before the purported publication declaring him wanted.
For the avoidance of doubt, there are spelt-out procedures for
declaring a person wanted by the Police.

“The Police or other law enforcement agencies can declare a
person wanted if they find reasons to do so, particularly if the
person is a suspect in the commission of a crime and is on the
run.

“The public must know that our client, in discharging his duty
to his principal, General Ibrahim Babangida, GCFR cannot by any
stretch of the imagination be said to have committed a crime that
warrants such negative publicity. Neither is he on the run. Our
client, however, remains undeterred by the desperate efforts of
some individuals to intimidate him and bend his will and rights
against the Constitution provisions, framework of Nigeria Police
Force Act and the laws of the land.

“The circumscription of his constitutional right to the dignity
of self, freedom of expression and fair hearing denotes that there
is a desperate attempt to scare him into submission. We have
advised Prince Afegbua of his right and remedies available to him,
as a law abiding citizen of Nigeria, he has elected to make himself
available to the Police on Wednesday once he returns from his trip.
Thank you.”

Prince Kassim Afegbua, spokesperson to former military president
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has said he will report to the Nigeria
Police once he returns from his trip on Wednesday.

A statement issued on his behalf by his counsel, Kayode Ajulo
reads:

“POLICE FORCE DECLARATION OF PRINCE KASSIM AFEGBUA AS
WANTED PERSON: OUR RESPONSE

“Our client, Prince Kassim Afegbua‘s attention has just been
drawn to a malicious news item on Nigeria Television Authority
alleging that the Nigeria Police has declared him wanted over a
statement he issued on behalf of former Military President, General
Ibrahim Babangida, GCFR.

“Prince Afegbua, is a well known journalist and was a cabinet
member of Edo State Government with a known address in Benin, Edo
State and Abuja, yet he is not on notice of the police invitation
whatsoever, before the purported publication declaring him wanted.
For the avoidance of doubt, there are spelt-out procedures for
declaring a person wanted by the Police.

“The Police or other law enforcement agencies can declare a
person wanted if they find reasons to do so, particularly if the
person is a suspect in the commission of a crime and is on the
run.

“The public must know that our client, in discharging his duty
to his principal, General Ibrahim Babangida, GCFR cannot by any
stretch of the imagination be said to have committed a crime that
warrants such negative publicity. Neither is he on the run. Our
client, however, remains undeterred by the desperate efforts of
some individuals to intimidate him and bend his will and rights
against the Constitution provisions, framework of Nigeria Police
Force Act and the laws of the land.

“The circumscription of his constitutional right to the dignity
of self, freedom of expression and fair hearing denotes that there
is a desperate attempt to scare him into submission. We have
advised Prince Afegbua of his right and remedies available to him,
as a law abiding citizen of Nigeria, he has elected to make himself
available to the Police on Wednesday once he returns from his trip.
Thank you.”