The FCT High Court, Abuja,
yesterday adjourned until October 23, the N5bn defamation suit, instituted by
Chief Raymond Dokpesi against the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai
Mohammed, and Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar
Malami (SAN).
According to Justice Adegboyega
Adeniyi, the adjournment was to make room for Dokpesi to react to the
preliminary objection raised by the two ministers on the Court’s jurisdiction
over the matter.
Dokpesi, a chieftain of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and chairman emeritus of DAAR Communications
Plc, filed the suit on April 30.
He alleged that Mohammed and
Malami defamed his character by the inclusion of his name on the treasury
looters’ list.
At the resumed hearing on Monday,
the plaintiff’s counsel, Ennaemeka Adasu, holding brief for Mike Ozekhome
(SAN), informed the court that the matter was slated for hearing and all the
five plaintiff’s witnesses were in court.
He, however, told the court that
the defendants’ counsel only this morning in court, served the plaintiff with a
notice of preliminary objection on the jurisdiction of the court to entertain
the suit.
Adasu, who argued that the
service on his client in court this morning was done in bad faith and in the
circumstance, requested for an adjournment to enable him respond to the
objection.
Justice Adegboyega Adeniyi upheld
the plaintiff counsel’s submission and adjourned the case until October 23 for
hearing of the preliminary objection.
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