Senator Jimoh Ibrahim has been dragged before the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged intimidation and threat to life.
Ibrahim’s accuser is a former commissioner in Ondo State, Julius Ijabiyi.
The petitioner in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/857/2024, claimed he was the Ondo South Senator’s campaign coordinator in April All Progressives Congress governorship primary, an election the chairman of Senate Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Affairs participated in, in the capacity of an aspirant.
Ijabiyi in the matter that came up on Monday before Justice Obiora Egwuatu, who adjourned hearing till October 28 for report of service said Ibrahim had been threatening him with security operatives over what he termed “a mere civil issue bordering on religious and political relationship”.
He explained that Ibrahim has been threatening him with “arrest, detention over issues bordering on political party activities/party politics resulting into an infringement of my fundamental human rights.”
On those grounds, the ex-commissioner urged the court to slam N520m damages on the senator.
The latter through his legal team, however, opposed the suit, challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear it.
