The Chairman of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida Campaign Organisation, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has informed a Federal High Court in Abuja that he had nothing to do with the Independence Day bomb blasts which claimed the lives of 12 people in Abuja.
Dokpesi’s claim was contained in a sworn affidavit which he filed on Friday in response to a preliminary objection by the State Security Service.
Dokpesi had filed the action to enforce his fundamental human rights against the SSS and to stop the agency from further harassing or intimidating him.
Dokpesi was also seeking N100m damages.
The SSS had in its objection by its lawyer, Dr. Alex Iziyon (SAN), asked the court to dismiss Dokpesi’s suit on the grounds that it was frivolous and baseless.
The SSS had earlier invited Dokpesi for questioning over the October 1 explosions on the premise of some text messages which allegedly established a nexus between him and some persons suspected of complicity in the act.
But Dokpesi had in his response, said he was not aware of the person referred to in the text messages as there were several persons bearing the name, Dokpesi.
The parties will appear in court on November 11 for the hearing of Dokpesi’s application.
Source:http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art2010110814224870
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