The names of affected persons were withheld from the public.
The attorney-general accused the digital outlet of exaggerating his influence over matters concerning federal ministries, departments and agencies.
When reached for comments, Mr Akinosi denied smashing the witness’ phone.
The affair could strengthen critics’ arguments that President Muhammadu Buhari was transferring stolen assets he seized from the cronies of his predecessor to his own cronies.
But the Court said violence against the government “cannot be used to legitimise acts of subversion by force.”
Fleeing Adamawa resident electoral commissioner Hudu Yunusa-Ari is expected to turn himself in to the police on May 5, Peoples Gazette has learnt.
The police invitation would give the INEC chief a chance to defend his declaration and argument as a precursor to a long-drawn legal battle over the matter.
Hudu Yunusa Ari’s four-page missive to security chiefs carried weighty allegations but fell manifestly short on evidence.
The governor dispatched the frontline monarch and others to London to meet with Kesington Adebutu, hoping to broker an accord that will end in the termination of the legal battle.
The soldiers had come in fighter jets including Mi-35 helicopters to unleash destruction and chaos on villagers.
