Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, has filed a lawsuit against Abubakar Malami, the federation’s attorney general, for allegedly publishing defamatory material.
Through his attorney, Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu claimed that the AGF had falsely implied that the IPOB leader had jumped bail and sought N20 billion in damages.
Ejimakor pointed out that Malami’s slanderous posting was detrimental to Kanu’s ongoing legal proceedings when he posted copies of the lawsuit on his Twitter profile on Tuesday, January 17, 2023.
“Last week, I filed a Suit against AGF Malami to prevent him from making any more defamatory publications that Onyendu #MNK jumped bail,” the attorney tweeted. Such publishing seriously prejudices and harms MNK’s other court-pending cases. Stop it immediately!
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Kanu sought damages in the January 13 lawsuit after what he claimed were false and malicious charges made against him.
“A declaration of this Honorable Court that, in view of the said Judgment of Abia State High Court, the Defendant’s published statements or utterances to the effect that Claimant jumped bail, as published in the said Vanguard newspaper publication, are libellous and defamatory,” the claimant (Kanu) in the lawsuit demanded;
“An order of this Honourable Court directing the Defendant to retract the said Vanguard newspaper publication through another press statement to the Vanguard newspaper;
“An order of this Honorable Court directing the Defendant to write and deliver to the Claimant, an unreserved letter of apology. The letter of apology shall be prominently and boldly published full-page in two Nigerian Newspapers of national circulation, namely: Guardian Newspaper and Sun Newspaper.
“An order of perpetual injunction restraining the Defendant from further and forever uttering the said defamatory and libelous words about or concerning the Claimant;
“An order of this Honorable Court directing the Defendant to pay to the Claimant the sum of N20,000,000,000.00 (Twenty Billion Naira only) being general and exemplary damages.”
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