Daniel Bwala, the spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential candidate in the most recent election, Atiku Abubakar, has filed a lawsuit against the federal government’s All Progressives Congress (APC) and Abdullahi Adamu over an alleged N120 million debt that has not been paid.
According to Bwala, the debt arose from the party’s leadership allegedly failing to pay for legal services that were provided to the party.
Bwala’s legal team has petitioned in suit no. CV/2009/2023 at the High Court of the Federal Capital in Abuja for an order compelling the APC and its chairman, Adamu, to pay him the N120m debt.
The court paper seen by newsmen shows that “the Claimant took steps to file all court processes, appeared in all the cases, both within and outside jurisdiction (Abuja, Osun State, Cross-river State, Kaduna State, Benue State and Ondo State) and prosecuted the cases numbering nine diligently to their logical conclusion.
“That the Claimant sent progress reports to the Defendants on every occasion any of the matters came up in court.”
According to the papers, the claimant’s professional fee for the nine (9) concluded cases is the sum of N135,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Thirty-Five Million Naira).
“That the Defendants have so far paid the sum of N15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million Naira Only), leaving the sum of N120,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Twenty Million Naira Only) as outstanding.”
Also speaking with journalists on the issue, Bwala alleged that the APC’s refusal to pay him his legal fees might be because he left the party, joined PDP and became a spokesman of Atiku Abubakar where he played a leading role in his campaign.
Adding that he made all diplomatic efforts to secure his payments but all fell on deaf ears with failed promises.
