N4m Bribery Scandal: CJN Distance Self From Sen. Shehu Sani

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, has denied ever meeting the former Senator that represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, over the ongoing N4m bribery scandal.

Sani has been allegedly accused to have used the name of the CJN to obtain N4m bribe from a car dealer, Alhaji Sani Dauda of ASD Motors.

It could be recalled that the economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC had arrested the former Kaduna senator for using the name of CJN to obtain bribe and had since been in its custody.

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He reportedly claimed that the bribe money would ensure that the pending case does not “see the light of the day”.

However, the CJN, in a statement that was signed by the Director of Press and Information at the Supreme Court, Dr. Festus Akande, and made available to newsmen on Sunday, said he has never in his entire life, seen or had any form of encounter or interactions, either directly or remotely, with Senator Sani.

The CJN vowed to take appropriate legal steps should ongoing investigations confirm that the ex-lawmaker indeed attempted to use his name to collect money from the said car dealer.

He said such legal action would serve as a deterrent to “other potential name droppers and extortionists”.