Lawyer sues SGF to court for violating social distancing
A lawyer, Tope Akinyode, has lodged a criminal complaint before a Federal Capital Territory magistrates’ court at Wuse against the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, and seven other state officials who were at the burial of the late chief of staff to the president, Abba Kyari.
Kyari who died of coronavirus on April the 17th was buried on April the 18th at Gudu cemetery in Abuja.
In his complaint before the court, Akinyode said those who attended the burial violated federal government’s order, which mandates social distancing, restricts movement and prohibits mass gathering due to the coronavirus pandemic.
He listed those who violated the order to include the SGF; the senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Garba Shehu; national security adviser, Babagana Munguno; minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyema; minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika; and director-general, national intelligence agency, Ahmad Rufai.