No Assassination Attempt on Justice Omotosho, FHC Clarifies, Calls for Probe of Fake Report
The Federal High Court Abuja has debunked online reports that Justice James Omotosho survived an assassination attempt following his conviction and sentenceing of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
The court in a statement signed by Sulaiman Amida Hassan Esq, the Chief Registrar called on the public to disregard the information and called on security agencies and other relevant authorities to investigate the matter.
The court noted that the false report “has the potential to cause panic and undermine confidence in the judicial system.”
Part of the statement reads:
“ The attention of the Federal High Court has been drawn to a publication by CELEBRITY BLOGGER, alleging that the Honourable Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, survived an assassination attempt following the life sentence imposed on Nnamdi Kanu.
“We hereby firmly and unequivocally declare that the said report is completely false and unfounded. The public is advised to treat this publication as fake news and refrain from further dissemination to prevent the spread of misinformation.
“Given the gravity of the report, which has the potential to cause panic and undermine confidence in the judicial system—possibly intended as a form of intimidation—we call on the relevant security agencies and regulatory authorities to conduct a thorough investigation. The goal being to identify and apprehend the perpetrators responsible for this false report and prosecute them in accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, particularly those relating to cybercrime, defamation, and public misinformation.”
The online blog, Celebrity bloger, on Saturday reported that the Federal High Court judge’s official car was” riddled with bullets” and the he was “rush-transported to the hospital.”
