Atiku Abubakar, former
vice-president, has appeared at the federal capital territory (FCT) high court
in Maitama to sign his witness deposition in support of the N2.5 billion libel
suit filed against Lauretta Onochie, an aide of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Atiku was accompanied by Mike
Ozekhome, his legal counsel, and other members of his legal team.
In the suit which was filed in
June 2019, Atiku is seeking the sum of N2.5bn from the presidential aide as
”general, aggravated, punitive and exemplary damages”.
“Atiku is claiming this sum from
her for her defamatory story published on her twitter handle and facebook page,
in which she stated that Atiku was on the UAE watch list,” Ozekhome said.
The reliefs sought by the former
vice-president are: “An order of this honourable court compelling the defendant
to make a retraction of, and apology to, the claimant, for the said offensive
twitter and facebook publications on the same platforms, also to be published
in three national newspapers with wide circulation within the country and also
broadcast on AIT, Channels and NTA television stations, consequent upon the
untold embarrassment, public ridicule, odium, obloquy, derision, marital
disharmony, mental agony and psychological trauma which the defendant’s said
defamatory twitter and facebook publications have caused the claimant.
“An order of this honourable
court compelling the defendant to write to the claimant, a letter of unreserved
apology for the said offensive twitter and facebook publications which were
widely circulated vide the defendant’s twitter/facebook handles and also
published globally online on the social and other print media, consequent upon
the embarrassment, ridicule, derision, marital disharmony, mental agony and
psychological trauma which the Defendant’s said defamatory twitter and facebook
publications have caused the claimant.
“An order directing the defendant
to pay to the claimant, the sum of N2,500,000,000,000.00 (two billion, five
hundred million naira) only, representing general, aggravated, punitive and
exemplary damages over the untold embarrassment, derision, public ridicule,
odium, obloquy, marital disharmony, mental agony and psychological trauma which
the Defendant’s publications have caused the claimant.
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