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N10b suit: Court summons Sowore over alleged fake report

Hassan Muaz by Hassan Muaz
December 23, 2020
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The Federal Capital Territory High Court has granted the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu’s prayer in the N10 billion suit filed against Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, to appear before it over an alleged false media report.

Justice Binta Mohammed, in a ruling, granted the I-G’s plea in a motion exparte number: FCT/HC/M/13103/2020 filed by his lawyer, Alex Izinyon, SAN.

The judge then adjourned the matter until January 26, 2021 for hearing.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that while Adamu is the applicant in the motion, Sowore is the defendant.

Izinyon had, in the application, sought an order of the court, “granting leave to the claimant/applicant (Adamu) to issue and serve the writ of summons and statement of claim on the defendant who resides at No. 1, Mosafejo Street, Kiribo, Ese-Odo LGA, Ondo State, outside the jurisdiction of this honourable court.

“An order of this honourable court pursuant to the grant of prayer one above for leave to serve the writ of summons and statement of claim, witness statement and other processes filed on the defendant by substituted means by pasting same at No. 1, Mosafejo Street, Kiribo, Ese-Odo LGA, Ondo State, and such service to be deemed as proper service.”

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Adamu described as falsehood a report published by the media outfit, on August 3, accusing him of illegally raising funds to build a Police Training School in Nasarawa State.

Adamu, through his lawyer, Izinyon, had threatened to file a N10 billion suit against the online platform and its publisher, Sowore, unless an apology was tendered within seven days of the letter addressed to the media house on August 6.

He had vowed to file the suit except “a written and unequivocal retraction with an apology carried with the same prominence on its platform and three national dailies” was done.

However, in a writ of summon with suit number: CU/3506/2020 dated and filed on Dec.21, Izinyon sought “a declaration that the words published by the defendant against the claimant in the online website of Sahara Reporters of August 3 falsely and maliciously written, published to the general public and therefore was defamatory of the person of claimant.

“The sum of N10 billion only to the claimant as aggravated and exemplary damages against the defendant for libel, falsely and maliciously published by the defendant against the claimant in the online website.”

The lawyer also urged the court to make an order, restraining the media outfit from publishing defamatory report against his client any longer.

Tags: Alex Izinyon (SAN).Fake reportJustice Binta MohammedMohammed AdamuOmoyele SoworeSahara Reporters
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