In the time past, I had admonished Senator Bukola in my write-ups for the first time then in his case against Omoyele Sowore, I also tutored him in the case of Biodun Baba and I believe it is important to call for the supports of friends and family in the legal parlance to further school the former Senate President, that prosecution of criminal cases cannot be completely achieved through proxy save for media relevance and mere political propaganda.
Sometime in 2017 when we were building up for O to gee movement against the Saraki dynasty, an improperly procured judgement of 4billion Naira was awarded against Omoyele Sowore for Senator Saraki while he was a senate president. This judgement of High Court sitting in Ilorin was given without the testimonies of Saraki and Sowore. I admonished my brother, over the incurable defection of the case of civil defamation. Mr Femi Falana, SAN, Mr Sambo Muritala, now the current Special Assistant (Legal) and myself were defending Sowore in the case. The defective judgement was accordingly thwarted at the Appeal Court and it dismissed for lacking merit.
Few months after this, one Alhaji Jimoh Adeshina (a.k.a Ojingo) instituted another criminal action in form of Direct Criminal Complaint against Biodun Baba a primary school teacher in Ilorin, Kwara State & one of frontliners in O to gee movement in the build-up to 2019 Elections alleged funnily to have abused Senator Bukola Saraki. He was been prosecuted on behalf of former Senate President (Senator Bukola Saraki) through complaint of the said Alhaji Adeshina a PDP stalwart and one of the cronies of the former Senate President. The reality in Court scared them away when they had to beg Magistrate Dasuki to grant the application to withdraw the case.
It should be noted that apart from Legal Practitioners, Community interest groups or registered Non-governmental organisation that is out to fight for rights of individual in society, another person which in the present case is one Taju Alabi a defunct official aide to the former Senate President of the 8th Senate another person entirely and legally cannot write petition on behalf of another person except the injured or the person that claimed that he or she is affected is in a bad state or incapacitated.
Thus, just like every other person in the State or anywhere Senator Bukola Saraki will have to come down the ladder to narrate how painful he felt if he was truly dragged by Governor’s Aide Press Release. Thus, Taju Alabi is just crying more than the bereaved, and that is even if there is any person so or said or claiming to have been injured. In the present circumstance, Senator Bukola Saraki will not be taken serious by the current diligent IGP except if he is ready to come down from his high horse to convince the police or DSS as the case may be with his testimony in form of statement and his evidence before the Court.
At this very moment, I see Aide playing with another Aide, which is full of comedy, frenzy and jokes. So enough of the joke from Taju Alabi, the guy who is trying to impress the former Senate President so that his Oga can applaud him for his usual sycophantic job.
*Abibulai Bolaji Alao, Esq.*
