The alleged involvement of Prince Abdullah Adeyanju Binuyo, Deputy Chief of Staff to the governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, in a fraud to the tune of $120,000 is mischievous and misleading.
This declaration was made on Wednesday by Binuyo through his counsel, Wahab Ismail Esq., in a statement made available to FrontPage.
Faulting the report of alleged fraud against Binuyo, the lawyer explained that deputy chief of staff was a mere witness and not a party to the said failed business.
“He cannot be liable in the face of the law,” the counsel asserted.
He explained further that the amount involved in the business was $100, 000 and not $120, 000, as claimed by the report, and that it had been refunded in full to the party concerned almost a year ago.
According to the counsel, refund of the sum involved was refunded to one Tunde Ajala.
Ajala’s lawyer, he said, had acknowledged the payment which was witnessed by the police.
Binuyo’s counsel said it felt it was necessary to put the facts straight pending when the Police would clear the air on the damaging misinformation.
He urged members of the public to disregard the story in its entirety, just as he vowed to seek every legal option available to deal with “this wrongful, false and misleading allegation levelled against Binuyo.”
The statement by Binuyo’s counsel reads in full:
Alleged fraud story on Binuyo mischievous, misleading – Counsel
Our attention has been drawn to a story in today’s The Punch Newspaper titled “Osun deputy chief of staff charged with $120,000 fraud.”
The story is not only mischievous, but equally misleading. It was done deliberately to cast aspersions on the person of Prince Abdullah Adeyanju Binuyo, who is the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola.
While it is true that Binuyo was just a mere witness and not a party to the said failed business, he cannot be liable in the face of the law.
At any rate, even the amount involved in the business, which is $100, 000 and not $120, 000, has been refunded in full to the party concerned almost a year ago. It was received by one Tunde Ajala, which was duly acknowledged by his Counsel as well and witnessed by the Police.
Again, nothing in the Police Charge, suggests that Binuyo was liable. We have called the attention of the Police to the information.
However, while we await the Police to clear the air on the damaging misinformation, we feel obliged to put the facts straight and urge members of the public to disregard the story in its entirety.
If the said Tunde Ajala feels he has any claim against Binuyo the appropriate step to take is to approach the Court and not to use blackmail instruments and peddling of lies to malign and damage the good reputation of Binuyo.
We also appeal to media houses to always strive to seek to hear the other side to any story to prevent falling for the mischief of some Nigerians, whose only preoccupation is to pull down fellow Nigerians for political and pecuniary reasons.
We will seek every legal option available to deal with this wrongful, false and misleading allegation levelled against Binuyo.
Signed:
Wahab Ismail Esq, counsel to Prince Abdullah Adeyanju Binuyo, for and on behalf of our client.
