According to Punch newspaper, the complainants who filed a suit against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday have alleged threat to their lives by unknown persons.
They filed a quasi-criminal complaint against Buhari before a Federal Capital Territory Magistrate’s Court in Abuja, asking the court to direct that the former Head of State “be brought to book” for allegedly claiming on oath that he had a certificate he did not obtain.
The Punch reports that the complainants addressed journalists at their lawyer’s office in Abuja on Wednesday but they said they had yet to report the case to the police.
According to Punch, they also declined to supply details of the telephone calls and text messages through which the threat was allegedly issued, as it could compromise the police investigation when the matter is formally reported.
The four complainants are Shield Ufot, Jimmy David, Ogueri Enwerem and Tochukwu Okorie.
Ufot said on Wednesday that the suit was filed on behalf of the Niger Delta Salvation Front.
Speaking on behalf of his clients, their lawyer, Ezekiel Ugochukwu, said the threat would not deter them from pursuing the case to conclusion