A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has struck out an application by the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, seeking to stop a N6 billion defamation suit brought against him by former the governor of the state, Dr. Peter Odili.

Odili had claimed that Peterside, who was the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in 2015, had defamed through a statement allegedly made by the defendant (Peterside).

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