{"id":697955,"date":"2019-09-03T16:24:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T16:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"\">\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_703742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-703742\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-703742\" src=\"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/th-1.jpg\" alt=\""},"modified":"2019-09-03T16:24:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T16:24:32","slug":"stop-using-public-funds-to-defend-yourself-court-warns-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/03\/stop-using-public-funds-to-defend-yourself-court-warns-buhari\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Using Public Funds To Defend Yourself \u2014 Court Warns Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_703742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-703742\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-703742\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/th-1.jpg\" alt=\"Muhammadu Buhari\" width=\"474\" height=\"556\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-703742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court of Nigeria has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari against using the lawyer paid by the federal government in the ongoing litigation between himself and the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) at the election tribunal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Supreme Court Rejects APC\u2019s Application To Review Sack Of Its Candidates In Zamfara<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Justice Mary Odili, the Supreme Court Judge, while cautioning Buhari for using\u00a0 Abdullahi Abubakar, a senior lawyer at the Ministry of Justice, said when former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, was sued, he used his personal funds to defend himself in court and not the state\u2019s funds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Her words:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe representation of Mr. Buhari by the Senior State Counsel of the Ministry of Justice in his personal capacity and not as Nigerian President is inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari The Supreme Court of Nigeria has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari against using the lawyer paid by the federal government in the ongoing litigation between himself and the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) at the election tribunal. 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