Nigeria, March 21 -- Human rights lawyer Marshall Abubakar has responded to the allegation businesswoman Tracy Ohiri levelled against him in her dispute with the Minister of Works, David Umahi.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that Ms Ohiri and Mr Umahi had been in the news over allegations of unpaid debts, harassment, and unlawful detention, among other issues.

While Mr Umahi dismissed the allegations as politically motivated and baseless, Ms Ohiri, in a viral video obtained by this newspaper on Friday, accused Mr Abubakar, her lawyer in the case, of lacking transparency.

The businesswoman further insisted that both Mr Abubakar and the minister should be held accountable if anything happened to her.

Ms Ohiri alleged that she was forced to with...