The High Court sitting in Port
Harcourt will on October 8 deliver ruling over the issue of jurisdiction in the
matter between the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche
Secondus and the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed.
The court gave the date after Lai
Mohammed had filed several applications challenging the jurisdiction of the
court to hear the matter.
The respondent argued that the
matter is meant to be heard in Lagos and not Port Harcourt because the
publication was done in Lagos.
After
taking submissions of both parties, Chief Judge of Rivers state, Justice Iyayi
Lamikanra fixed October 8 for the next hearing with the hope that there will be
no new applications.
Speaking with newsmen outside the
court room, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Emeka Etiaba who is counsel to the
National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Secondus said jurisdiction does not matter
when a matter is about defamation.
“We have a matter of defamation
and they are challenging the jurisdiction of the court. That is lame and they
know it because it is unknown to the Law of libel,” Etiaba said.
Recall that the National Chairman
of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus slammed a N1.5billion charge of defamation
against the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed after his name was published
among those who allegedly received funds from the embattled former National
Security adviser, Sambo Dasuki.
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