(TRIBUTE TO LATE DR DOYIN ABIOLA) By Richard Akinnola On January 5, 1994, nine Supreme Court Justices instituted a N450 million libel suit against the Weekend Concord published by Concord Press Ltd and owned by Bashorun Abiola. This was a novel legal move in the annals of Nigeria where most of the Justices of Supreme Court would jointly file libel action against a newspaper. The Justices were: Mohammed Bello (then Chief Justice), Mohammed Lawal Uwais, Uthman Mohammed, Sylvester Onu, Abubakar Bashir Wali, Idris Legbo Kutigi, Emmanuel Ogwuegbu, Alfa Belfore and…
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