Alleged Defamation: Court stops CUPP Spokesperson’s trial
The CUPP spokesperson was on June 18, 2020, arrested by the police in Abuja for accusing the leadership of the House of Representatives of collecting $10m bribes from American billionaire, Bill Gates, to pass the infectious disease control bill.
NAN also recalls that on June 22, 2020, the CUPP spokesman was arraigned before the Wuse Zone 2 Chief Magistrate Court in Charge No. CR/12/2020 on allegations of criminal defamation of the character of the Speaker of the House Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila.