A senior lawyer, Echezona Etiaba (SAN) has expressed regrets over the controversial misinformation resulting from a session at the Imo State Assembly and National Assembly tribunal sitting in Lagos, in which he allegedly accused Mr Damian Dodo (SAN) and the judges of corruption.
In a statement, the lawyer explained that he never intended to accuse the judges during the sitting nor did he insinuate that Dodo bribed the judges.
According to national newspaper, it reported that the All Progressives Congress (APC) counsel, Etiaba presented two petitions allegedly written by his clients accusing the three-member panel of being compromised.
“My attention has been drawn to a news item titled: “Chaos at the Court of Appeal, Lagos”. The only thing correct about the trending news is that I drew the court’s attention to a letter written by our client, (a political party) but the insinuation that the respected Damian Dodo SAN (a legal luminary whose pedigree is unblemished) compromised the Justices of the Court of Appeal on the appeals is an allegation that I don’t believe.
“As much as the letters were handed to me while I was announcing the appearance of my team and I had no time to read same, upon being seized of the facts, I knew that the allegations do not hold water.”
