Shehu Sani

Ex-lawmaker, Sen Shehu Sani has reacted after the defamation suit filed against him by the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai was dismissed by a court.

The suit which was filed in 2018, was dismissed on Thursday by Justice H.A.L Balogun of the Kaduna State High Court.

As earlier reported, the former Governor had sought N2 billion in damages over comments credited to the former lawmaker which he said are totally false and injurious to his person in the eyes of the public.

El-Rufai alleged that Sani defamed him by referring to him as a “drunk, loose cannon and an embarrassment to President Muhammadu Buhari”.

However, Justice H.A.L Balogun in his ruling on Thursday, dismissed the suit by El-Rufai, describing it as an abuse of court processes.

This is after Sani’s lawyer, Kimi Livingstone Appah drew the attention of the court to the fact that the former governor filed the same case in four different courts in Kaduna and dismissed the case.

Reacting to the development, Senator Sani appeared satisfied with the way the suit ended. Sharing a publication of the news story via his Twitter account, he simply wrote: “To Allah be the glory.”