Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke has urged his critics to “seek the face of God”.
He said this in a statement on Friday through his lawyer, Ahmed Raji,SAN.
Adoke dismissed the report that it was President Goodluck Jonathan who asked the Police IG to investigate allegations levelled against him by former House of Representatives member, Dino Melaye.
The statement reads: “Following the tendentious allegations made by one Mr. Dino Melaye against the person of our Client, we wrote a letter dated 23rd April, 2013 to the Inspector General of Police, wherein we requested the I.G to cause an investigation to be carried out in respect of all the allegations made by the said Mr. Dino Melaye.”
“We therefore dispute the headline in the publication contained in the Sahara Reporters of today 10th May 2013 to the effect that: President Jonathan Initiates probe of AGF Mohammed Adoke.”
“The current exercise being embarked upon by the police is therefore at the instance of our Client and not the President as being insinuated.”
It added that, “We want to place on record that this is not the first time our Client will be submitting himself to a public enquiry because he has nothing to hide. On a past occasion when our Client submitted himself, his accusers came apologizing as they admitted that they were misled into publishing what was and is still patently false against him. While our Client concedes the right of every individual to freedom of speech, it is our contention that the freedom goes with a duty. It is not a license for anyone to make any unsubstantiated allegation against any individual.
In the said letter to the IGP, Adoke’s lawyer had stated that “We have our Client’s instructions to request you to kindly cause an investigation to be carried into all the allegations by promptly inviting the said Otunba Dino Melaye to come and justify all the allegations he has made which we hasten to say are nothing but Criminal libel.”
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