A former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Pauline Tallen has asked the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja to set aside the judgement of the Federal Capital Territory High Court delivered on 18th December 2023....CONTINUE READING THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
The trial court had in December condemned Ms Tallen’s disparaging comments against the judiciary concerning a decision of the Federal High Court in Adamawa State. The court also barred Tallen from holding public.
Delivering judgement on the case, the court described Mrs Tallen’s statement as “unconstitutional, careless, reckless, disparaging.”
The court said the ex-minister’s call to disobey the judgement of the court was “contemptuous of the Federal High Court of Nigeria.”
However, the court gave Ms Tallen an option of escaping the consequences of her comments if she apologised in two national dailies within 30 days from the date of its judgement.
“The court also granted among other reliefs an injunction restraining Dame Pauline Tallen (the Defendant) from holding any public office in Nigeria, unless she purges herself of the ignoble conduct by publishing a personally signed apology letter to Nigerians and the Judiciary on a full page of the Punch and Guardian Newspapers.
“The Court ordered that the injunction restraining the Defendant from holding any public office in Nigeria shall become perpetual if she fails to abide by the order directing her to publish an apology letter within 30 days,”.
Reacting, Mrs Tallen, yesterday filed a 13 grounds of appeal urging the court among other reliefs sought asked the court to set aside the judgment of the trial court and dismiss the FCT suit…CONTINUE READING>>
