Ogun-East senator in the National Assembly, Buruji
Kashamu, has withdrawn a N20.1bn libel suit he instituted
against former President Olusegun Obasanjo before a
Federal Capital Territory court in Abuja.
It was learnt that the presiding judge, Justice Valentine
Ashi, struck out the suit on May 26, 2015, following the
notice of discontinuance of the suit filed by the plaintiff.
Kashamu, a Peoples Democratic Party chief in Ogun State,
was said to have anchored his decision to withdraw the suit
on “an ongoing settlement talks” between him and
Obasanjo.
But the lawyers who are representing the former President
in the suit said they were not aware of such talks.
Kashamu had on February 6, 2014, sued Obasanjo for
“maliciously and recklessly” publishing a letter titled,
‘Before it is too late,’ addressed to former President
Goodluck Jonathan in December 2013.
The newly-inaugurated senator had asked the court to
award him N20bn as aggravated and exemplary damages,
and another N100m against Obasanjo for maliciously
portraying him as a fugitive wanted for drug- related
offences in the United States of America.
Kashamu had already called two of his three proposed
witnesses before he decided to withdraw the suit.
The two witnesses who had appeared before the court,
Haruna Rasheed and Omotayo Alade-Fawole, testified that
the publication of Obasanjo’s letter in the media portrayed
Kashamu in a bad light and destroyed their long years of
business relationship with him.
But before he could call his third witness, Kashamu on
December 5, 2014, moved the court to grant an order
restraining Obasanjo from going ahead with the public
presentation of his book, “My Watch.”
Kashamu had anchored the prayer on the grounds that the
book touched on the subject matter of the libel suit.
But Obasanjo had shunned the court order and went ahead
to present the book in Lagos on December 9, 2014.
The plaintiff, however, returned to court on December 10, to
report that Obasanjo had flouted the December 5 court
order.
Justice Ashi, in a ruling, held that Obasanjo was in
contempt of court for flouting his order and directed the
various security agencies to seize the copies of the books
wherever they were found.
The judge also gave Obasanjo 21 days to show cause why
he should not be punished for contempt.
The judge later lifted all orders against Obasanjo in a ruling
delivered in April following counter arguments by
Obasanjo’s lawyer, Mahmud Magaji (SAN).
Proceedings were to resume on the main libel case, when
Kashamu brought an application for the withdrawal of the
suit.

www.punching.com/news/kashamu-withdraws-N20bn-libel-suit-against-obasanjo-2/

We go rest nw,the gods are been gradually appeased

I no even read d long story

Ebora owu in action

Obj is too much 4 U nah, Y u no go fear.......?#Smile#

He has tasted baba's bitter pills , and now looking for peace.



You belong to US , and there you shall go.

Very sensible Senator.