Hon. Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed has cited the lead Counsel for the petitioners in the election petition case before the Supreme Court for contempt of court.
He explained that Madam Gloria Akuffo, a leading member of the petitioners’ legal team, made certain utterances amounting to contempt when given a platform in the media to air her views on the court proceedings.
Addressing the court case during a panel discussion programme on the “Alhaji and Alhaji” show on Radio Gold, Hon. Murtala Mohammed raised concerns over lawyers who make utterances which are contemptuous to the court.
He, therefore, found as inappropriate some comments made by the petitioners’ Counsel and therefore condemned her.
“You have a lawyer who makes a public statement, and I thought it was contemptuous…From the petitioners, public statement on radio and on TV [Gloria Akuffo] that we are winning the case; that was contemptuous. You don’t make such statements.” he said.
