Ileleh said “What is before the Supreme Court is an application by the Lagos State Government (LASG) asking for leave to file their notice of appeal out of time which means that they are requesting the court to permit them to proceed with the case despite the fact they have exceeded the time permitted for their appeal.” He said the reportage of some papers with headlines “Lagos ask Supreme Court to uphold Al-Mustapha’s death sentence” and “Al-Mustapha deserves to die, LASG tell Supreme Court” suggested that the Forum is not wrong to say that “vested interest of some fifth-columnists led to that story”. “The matter was only for mention (on 03/11/2016) and even at that, it did not proceed because one of the justices, Hon. Justice Chima Nweze excused himself on moral ground because he happened to be one of the Justices who presided over the matter at the Court of Appeal. As the Lead Counsel to the respondent didn’t object, the matter was adjourned to 12/01/2017”, Ileleh said. The Forum warned that if those behind the sensational stories do not stop, “by the time we begin to expose their evil deeds to the nation, one after the other, there will hardly be enough space for them to hide “]]>