A man who was initially detained for the murder, Bashir Junaid,
has petitioned the Federal High Court in Lagos to re-open the suit and has been
granted an order to serve Tinubu the legal papers by substituted means.
National
Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has
been named as a prime suspect in the murder of former Lagos Governorship
candidate, Funsho Williams.
A
man who was initially detained for the murder, Bashir Junaid, has
petitioned the Federal High Court in Lagos to re-open the suit and has been
granted an order to serve Tinubu the legal papers by substituted means, ThisDay
reports.
Junaid
is seeking to compel the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Suleiman Abba to
re-open investigations into Williams’ murder.
The
plaintiff, a former cemetery attendant, was detained for about one year in
connection with the killing, but later released.
Other
defendants in the case are then IG of police, Sunday Ehindero, Lagos
State Commissioner of Police, the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) in the
murder case, Attorney-General of the Federation at the time, Modupe Shasore,
Peoples Democratic Party, Muiz Banire, Babatunde Edu, Dele
Alake and Oladele Ajomale.
The
case has been adjourned till April 29 for hearing.
Williams
was killed on July 27, 2006 at his Dolphin Estate residence in Ikoyi, Lagos.
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