N92m debt drags Nigerians leading party to court.

There’s currently uneasy calm in the Nasarawa
State chapter of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) as a team of lawyers purportedly engaged
by the party to represent it at the Local
Government Election Petition Tribunal in 2014,
have dragged the ruling party to court over N92.7
million debt.
One of the lawyers, who gave his name as Mr
Shikammah Sheltu, told newsmen on Tuesday in
Lafia that the party had contacted five of them
to represent it at the tribunal in respect of
chairmanship and councillorship elections in 13
local government areas of the state.
The lawyer, however, said that the party had
agreed to pay N100 million as professional fee to
the legal team out of which only N7.3 million
was paid, leaving a balance of N92.7million.
He said that their decision to go to court was
fueled by the party’s refusal to pay the balance
after several reminders.
The lawyer said that the suit had been fixed for
hearing at the state High Court 1 on Jan. 19,
2016.
Reacting to the claim, APC state Secretary, Mr
Aliyu Bello, confirmed receipt of the summon
and said the party would respond appropriately.