A lawyer, Tope Akinyode, has lodged a criminal complaint before a Federal Capital Territory Magistrates’ Court at Wuse against the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, and seven other state officials who were at the burial of the late Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari.

Kyari died of coronavirus on April 17 and was buried on April 18 at Gudu Cemetery in Abuja.

Akinyode, in his complaint before the court, said those who attended the burial violated Federal Government’s order, “which mandates social distancing, restricts movement and prohibits mass gathering due to the coronavirus pandemic”.

der to include the SGF; the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu; National Security Adviser, Babagana Munguno; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema; Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika; and Director-General, National Intelligence Agency, Ahmad Rufai.

The lawyer also listed as violators Ambassador Lawal Kazure, Musa Dauda, Yusuf Sabiu, Bashir Ahmed, Aliyu Sani, and Hajiya Dadiya Umar-Farouq.

In a nine-paragraph affidavit, which he deposed to, Akinyode said he watched on Channels TV on April 21 as the SGF “acknowledged and publicly apologised for violating the government order stated above”.


He said, “Further to the above, the defendants, having violated the order of government on safety precautions, were barred by presidential officials from entering the Aso Villa in a significant disapproval of their act.”

The complainant said he attached to the suit a flash drive containing pictures and videos of the alleged violation, adding that “this criminal complaint is brought in the interest of justice”.

The court has yet to fix a date to hear the complaint.

The lawyer is affected by the lock down, is the burial presidential burial?

And who owns the court?

This is what all Nigerians should be doing.

Salatavor:
This is what all Nigerians should ve doing.

Assuming all Nigerians have no work and lock down continues

2by40ft:

Assuming all Nigerians have no work and lock down continues

I don't like you, you talk like someone that enjoys poking his finger into his anvs and smelling it.

I pray the lockdown stops people are coming up with some strange habits

Salatavor:
I don't like you, you talk like someone that enjoys poking his finger into his anvs and smelling it.

I pray the lockdown stops people are coming up with some strange habits

I did not said that for u to like me but rather make you look stupd for saying the dumb thing.

2by40ft:

I did not said that for u to like me but rather make you look stupd for saying the dumb thing.

coming from someone who cannot spell stupid.

They must face the law.

Salatavor:
coming from someone who cannot spell stupid.

Stupd