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Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by Mynd44: 3:07pm On Jul 30, 2017
Sometime in June, a judge in Ilorin delivered a judgement as seen below. But the following links show that the judgements have been ignored.

Does this confirm the suspicion that the judgment does not carry weight?

ILORIN-An Ilorin High Court judge, Justice Adeyinka Oyinloye on Wednesday slammed a N4 billion judgment against the publisher of popular online newspaper, Sahara Reporters, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, over series of stories published last year by the medium against Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.

Senate President Bukola Saraki
The judgment affected stories published by the online medium against Saraki between September and December of 2015.

The Senate President had, through his lawyer, Babatunde Olomu, asked for the intervention of the court following the publication of series of libellous stories against him by Sahara Reporters.

Both Sowore and Sahara Reporters were joined as defendants in the suit marked as KWS/23/2017.

Olomu told newsmen that the defendants had refused to defend the case despite the service of the summons on them.

He said the first series of service involved an arrangement between the office of the Nigerian ministry of Justice and their counterpart in New York, the operational base of the medium.

When that failed, the counsel said the claimant thereafter seized the opportunities of a visit to Nigeria by Sowore to serve him at his two properties in Ikeja area of Lagos state.

Delivering the judgment, Justice Adeyinka Oyinloye of the court agreed with Olomou and granted all the reliefs sought by the claimant in the case.

The reliefs granted are as follows:
“the sum of N1 billion as general and aggravated damages for libellous words falsely, maliciously and recklessly published by the defendants of and concerning the claimant in the online issue of Sahara Reporters of October 5, 2015 under the caption “Nigeria at 55: Bukola Saraki and 83 Inmates Are Running the Asylum”




“The sum of N1 billion as general and aggravated damages for libellous words falsely, maliciously and recklessly published by the defendants of and concerning the claimant in the online issue of Sahara Reporters of Sahara Reporters of September 20, 2015 under the caption: “A polished Name for political immorality. Time for Saraki to Go!”




“The sum of N1 billion as general and aggravated damages for libellous words falsely, maliciously and recklessly published by the defendants of and concerning the claimant in the online issue of Sahara Reporters of Sahara Reporters of November 09, 2015 under the caption: “Bukola Saraki On a shopping Spree to Buy Judges…Stop Being a Clown And A Coward Man Up, face The Music”






“The sum of N1 billion as general and aggravated damages for libellous words falsely, maliciously and recklessly published by the defendants of and concerning the claimant in the online issue of Sahara Reporters of Sahara Reporters of December 1, 2015 under the caption: “Arms Contract Scandal: Senator Saraki Blackmailed CBN Officials To Pay N250 Million Hush Funds



“An order for injunction restraining the defendants from further writing, printing or causing to be written, printed or circulated or otherwise published of the claimant the said, or similar libel.



An order directing the defendants to remove the offending publications from its website on the internet within three days from the date of judgment and an order directing the defendants to publish an apology to the claimant on its online newspaper and in three other daily newspapers.” he said.


These links show that the posts are still up

http://saharareporters.com/2015/09/20/bukola-saraki-polished-name-political-immorality-time-saraki-go-bayo-oluwasanmi

http://saharareporters.com/2015/12/01/aarms-contract-scandal-senator-saraki-blackmailed-cbn-officials-pay-n250-million-

http://saharareporters.com/2015/10/05/nigeria-55-bukola-saraki-and-83-inmates-are-running-asylum-bayo-oluwasanmi

http://saharareporters.com/2015/11/09/bukola-saraki-shopping-spree-buy-judges-stop-being-clown-and-coward-man-face-music-bayo

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Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by ALCOHOLKILLS(m): 3:09pm On Jul 30, 2017
angry
Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by Optional2(f): 3:11pm On Jul 30, 2017
mynd you self dey create thread

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Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by Optional2(f): 3:12pm On Jul 30, 2017
Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by ladyF(f): 3:14pm On Jul 30, 2017
Sahara reporters again cheesy
Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by Oche211(m): 3:14pm On Jul 30, 2017
Ok
Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by babyfaceafrica: 3:14pm On Jul 30, 2017
Nice decision by sahara.......saraki must hear am...Politheifians everywhere you go

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Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by ArchEnemy(m): 3:14pm On Jul 30, 2017
You can't fight a lion in the jungle without heavy scars...that is if you come out alive

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Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by Tabanshi: 3:14pm On Jul 30, 2017
cool
Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by Nobody: 3:16pm On Jul 30, 2017
Mynd44:
Sometime in June, a judge in Ilorin delivered a judgement as seen below. But the following links show that the judgements have been ignored.

Does this confirm the suspicion that the judgment does not carry weight?

Who knows if they appealed or settled out of court?

You're a good citizen for following up though

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Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by Nobody: 3:16pm On Jul 30, 2017
A judgment from an "Ilorin High Court" in favor of Saraki, the "Lord of ilorin". Is that one a judgement?

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Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by Yorubaangel(m): 3:16pm On Jul 30, 2017
Lawless country... that's Florence lugard product for you

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Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by Sharon6(f): 3:16pm On Jul 30, 2017
Ok
Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by Built2last: 3:17pm On Jul 30, 2017
Banana is the name of the republic where court rulings are ignored. How interesting it is when the president takes the lead in disobeying court orders

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Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by Yugoos: 3:17pm On Jul 30, 2017
2015 undecided
Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by Yugoos: 3:17pm On Jul 30, 2017
Op see dates on your alleged link. 2015, 2015 undecided
Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by Factfinder1(m): 3:17pm On Jul 30, 2017
Good
Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by Silentscreamer(f): 3:17pm On Jul 30, 2017
dats nigeria for u

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Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by ArchEnemy(m): 3:17pm On Jul 30, 2017
babyfaceafrica:
Nice decision by sahara.......saraki must hear am...Politheifians everywhere you go
Yimu
In this Nigeria?
Those are decorated sacred cattle

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Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by babyfaceafrica: 3:19pm On Jul 30, 2017
ArchEnemy:

Yimu
In this Nigeria?
Those are decorated sacred cattle
maybe...
Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by Banter1(m): 3:20pm On Jul 30, 2017
Lawyers in the house help pls.

1. Is there any procedure for the rejection of bye-law?

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Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by Xbee007(m): 3:20pm On Jul 30, 2017
sanky346:
A judgment from an "Ilorin High Court" in favor of Saraki, the "Lord of ilorin". Is that one a judgement?
Mai broda that one is not a judgement.
Ilorin itself is just a one large puppet show with Saraki, the grand puppeteer, in control of the whole activities.

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Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by xtervaganza(m): 3:21pm On Jul 30, 2017
Lol kangaroo court

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Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by SalamRushdie: 3:21pm On Jul 30, 2017
Everybody ignoring the law just like President Buhari

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Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by lmm4real: 3:22pm On Jul 30, 2017
lol
Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by sekundosekundo: 3:22pm On Jul 30, 2017
Good development
Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by NuclearWinter: 3:22pm On Jul 30, 2017
OP is an afonja BMC miscreant

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Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by Ekpono1(m): 3:24pm On Jul 30, 2017
smiley
Re: Sahara Reporters Ignores Judgement Of Ilorin High Court Against Them by Ekpono1(m): 3:24pm On Jul 30, 2017
Oops

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