Speaking behind the issuance of the letter in the first place and later withdrawn, he said the tribunal requested the letter.
“The letter was mischievously requested by the Tribunal Secretary and I wrote to them for a purpose and they deliberately escalated it. The letter had been withdrawn. It no longer has legal backing,” he said via a text message.
While the tribunal secretary did not respond to inquiries, an official at the tribunal registry, who asked not to be identified, told our reporter during a visit to the registry on Saturday that the letter was never submitted.
“We did not receive anything here and if they claim that, they should produce the acknowledged copy.
“When he (the HOD legal) approached us with the issue via phone we said no and asked him to put it formally in writing.
“However, we are not the ones to entertain that but our head office in Abuja. We also work under directives of our superiors,” one of the officials, who asked not to be mentioned confirmed.