Bash Ali Slams N500b Suit On Forrner Sports Minister, Sunday Dare , Hearing Comes Up July, 3
Former World Boxing Federation Cruiserweight Champion, Bash Ali (OON) has draged former Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare to Court over extortion and defamation of character, claiming 500 billion naira as damages.
In suit number :FCT/HC/CV6411/2023 filed at FCT High Court 4, Maitama by his 10 man Counsel led by former Minister of Communication, Adebayo
Shittu, Bash is claiming that the matter is in connection with his Guinness World Records Boxing Project.
Joined in the suit which first hearing comes up on Thursday, July, 3, 2025 by 9 am are: Ministry of Youth and Sports Development (now National Sports Commission), and the Federal Government of Nigeria.
It would be recalled that Bash Ali, had in series of letters written to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu alleged that the Federal Government through the office of the Chief of Staff to Mr. President got an advance payment of $12M USD for his Guinness World Record fight
He further alleged that the Federal Government through the then Minister of Sports and now Special Adviser on Media to Mr. President, Sunday Akin Dare and Barr. D.A Muhammad of the National Sports Commission extorted N13M from him and that after the immediate past Minister of Sports and now Minister of State Trade and Investment, Senator John Enoh tried and failed to extort another $1M from him, the Federal Government stalled the hosting of the First Guinness World Record Boxing Championship fight on the soil of Africa.
According to him, his refusal to agree and cooperate with corrupt government officials was responsible for all the tactics employed to delay or retard the planned hosting of the first Guinness World Record Boxing Championship Fight on the soil of Africa which is expected to be the most lucrative in the history of Pay Per View Television revenue.
