A Senior Advocate of Nigeria
and the Vice Presidential
Candidate of the All
Progressives Congress has
issued a seven-day
ultimatum to Femi Fani-
Kayode to apologize over his
“defamatory statements”
against him.
In a letter dated February
28 addressed to Mr. Fani-
Kayode, who is the Director
of Media and Publicity of
the Peoples’ Democratic
Party Presidential Campaign
Organization, Mr. Osinbajo
demanded N2 billion as
damages.
He also demanded an
immediate retraction of the
“offensive and derogatory”
publication and an apology
on four Television channels
and national newspapers.
“Be advised that if we do not
receive your formal
retraction and apology and
damages as demanded
within seven days of receipt
hereof, we shall proceed
with our client’s instructions
to seek appropriate legal
remedies for your
publication and
dissemination of defamatory
statements,” Mr. Osinbajo
wrote, through his lawyer,
Femi Falana, also a senior
advocate.
Last Friday, Mr. Fani-
Kayode, a lawyer, had
convened a press conference
in Abuja where he alleged
that the APC’s vice
presidential candidate had
sworn an oath to vacate his
seat should the party win the
forthcoming election.
According to Mr. Fani-
Kayode, Bola Tinubu, the
APC’s National Leader, had
nominated Mr. Osinbajo as
part of “plans to come to
power through the back
door”.
“Tinubu, according to our
information, has compelled
Osinbajo to swear to an oath
that after six months in office, he would
resign as the vice president, in the
unlikely event that their party wins,” Mr.
Fani-Kayode said in his press statement
titled ‘APC is Selling a Dummy to the
Whole World; Tinubu is the Real
Candidate.’
“The wicked plot, as laid out by them, is
to force Osinbajo to resign for Tinubu to
be nominated by Buhari as his
replacement.”
Mr. Falana said that the statement,
wherein he labelled Mr. Osinbajo as Mr.
Tinubu’s ‘stooge,’ hurt the vice
presidential candidate having been
disseminated to millions of TV viewers,
including on print and online media.
“As it were, the statement has now been
published and circulated to an
undetermined number of people in
Nigeria, and internationally outside
Nigeria,” Mr. Falana said.
“The direct meaning, imputation,
purport and/or innuendo or insinuation
of the false, misleading and defamatory
statements is that: ‘Professor Osinbajo is
deceitful. Essentially, you alleged that his
motivation and pledge to serve as Vice
President of Nigeria is inconsistent with
his avowed desire to serve this nation
with General Buhari, and work
assiduously to deliver the benefits of his
commitment, party and personal
promises to the people.’
“Your characterization of Professor
Osinbajo as a ‘stooge’ in context suggests
that he is complicit in a fraud against
the Nigerian people.”
Mr. Falana further said that Mr. Fani-
Kayode’s statements imply that his client
lacks integrity and had engaged in a
conduct incompatible with his faith and
ethics as a pastor and respected lawyer.
“It is clear that the entire publication
was a vicious, wicked and reckless ploy
to impugn the reputation of our client
and lower him in the estimation of right
thinking members of the public,” Mr.
Falana added.
On Monday, Mr. Tinubu had threatened
to sue the owners of African
Independent Television, AIT, for airing a
documentary he deemed defamatory “in
all respects.”
The hour-long documentary titled
‘Unmasking the Real Tinubu,’ which is
still airing on the TV station, showcased
various properties and companies across
Lagos purportedly owned by Mr. Tinubu,
described as “Nigeria’s biggest landlord.”
It also depicted the APC leader as power-
drunk and claimed he was “charged for
narcotics” in 1993 in the United States.
Mr. Tinubu gave Daar Communications
Limited, the owners of the TV station, 24
hours to apologize and retract the
publication.
He also demanded N20 billion as
damages.

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Am watching ooh.
Another propaganda. Let go there.

OgenemaroKessy:
Am watching ooh.
Another propaganda. Let go there.

them for go sue fayose

make them dey use mouth and court of law and leave fighting that is my advice to them

Omo is APC broke ni. Dey wan collect money 4rom every angle cos dey re trying to sue evrytin connected to PDP(FFK and AIT). But i tot i read dat FFK is to also sue lai muhammed for 5 billion. Na wa ooo who dis politicians dey use play i knw say all na lie who wan pay de money. Very soon we wud hear dat GEJ and GMB are to sue each other 4 wot ever reason

Am sry to say bt d Prof is confused. Y didn't he sue Tunde Bakare for exposing dis secret? He threatend to sue FFK, FFK countered, n nw he's asking for an apology. Confused bunch of APC tools. I trusk my FFK. Gej all d way...

Someone should be made to pay one of these fines. Then, we'll take them all more seriously.
In other climes, billionnaires are built off law suits and stuff. Here,it all ends up as a threat. Mschwew.

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