Alleged Assault: Bash Ali Sues Sports Minister, Dalung For N1b

A former World Boxing Federation cruiser-weight champion, Bashiru Ali has sued the Minister of Sports and Social Development, Solomon Dalung for assault.

The popular boxer has filed a civil suit at an Abuja High Court seeking N1 billion damages from the minister for the injuries he suffered when Dalung’s aides allegedly beat him up at his office in Abuja about two weeks ago.

Apart from the sports minister, other respondents include the Inspector-General of Police, Nansel Nimyel, Charles Boga and one Mr. Joseph. The litigation was sequel to the alleged assault on the boxer by some security and personal aides of the minister at Dalung’s office in Abuja. .
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The boxer in his deposition said, “I was unconscious for about an hour until the Ministry sent for paramedics who then carried me in a stretcher to the Ministry Staff Clinic where I was given first aid treatment.

When they saw that I was in extreme pains, I was immediately transferred to the Emergency Ward of the National Hospital where I stayed for about eight hours before I was rushed to the Trauma Department at National Hospital where I spent two days.”

He added that as a result of the assault and humiliation, he was forced to brief a lawyer who charged him N8mn only to sue the respondents.