Ijabiyi said he was appointed to coordinate Ibrahim’s campaign machinery known as ‘Jimoh Ibrahim Aseyori Campaign Group’.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Julius Ijabiyi, former campaign coordinator of Senator Jimoh Ibrahim (APC/Ondo South) when the latter was a governorship aspirant in Ondo State, has filed a suit against the lawmaker before the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged intimidation and threat to life.
Ijabiyi, also a former commissioner in Ondo, is asking the court to grant him N500 million damages and N20 million as cost of filing the suit.
He also wants the court to restrain Ibrahim and his agents “from threatening the applicant with arrest, detention, harassment, intimidation or invitation over a mere civil transaction cum political relationship”.
Ibrahim, through his legal team, has, however, opposed the suit, challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear it.
According to court documents sighted by PUNCH on Wednesday, the matter came up on Monday before Justice Obiora Egwuatu, who adjourned hearing till October 28 for report of service.
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Ijabiyi, in the suit, alleged that Ibrahim had been threatening him with security operatives over what he termed “a mere civil issue bothering on religious and political relationship”.
The ex-commissioner said that early this year, Ibrahim appointed him to coordinate his political activities for the Ondo State governorship election where he was an aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress before losing out to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
Ijabiyi said he was appointed to coordinate Ibrahim’s campaign machinery known as ‘Jimoh Ibrahim Aseyori Campaign Group’.
He, however, claimed that Ibrahim had lately resorted to threatening him with “arrest, detention over issues bothering on political party activities/party politics resulting into an infringement of my fundamental human rights.”
