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Yuguda Sues APC Chieftain For N10bn Over Defamation by TalkItAll: 8:43am On Aug 15, 2015 |
A former Governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda,
has dragged a Chieftain of the All Progressives
Congress in the State, Alhaji Sani Shehu, before
the Bauchi State High Court 9, for alleged
defamatory utterances against his personality
and his administration.
He is seeking for N10bn as damages.
Counsel to the plaintiff (Yuguda), Mr. Okechukwu
Nwaeze, who disclosed this to journalists in
Bauchi on Friday, said the former governor filed
the suit before the court seeking N10bn
damages in an action against Sani Mallam over
his allegations that Yuguda was corrupt and
fraudulent during his tenure as the governor of
the state.
Okechukwu said the plaintiff complained of the
APC chieftain’s reckless and defamatory public
comments about his personality and
administration on two radio stations: Ray power
FM and the Bauchi Radio Corporation.
The counsel alleged that Mallam, who was a
former All Nigeria Peoples Party Chairman in the
state, “accused Yuguda of woeful performance,
excessive looting of public treasury, name-calling
such as election rigger and manipulator. All
these statements tempered with the reputation
and personality of the former governor.
“It is not right to persecute people in the media.
If the man is guilty of any fraud, the defendant
should provide the proof or otherwise focus on
his political activities.
“Our prayers are that the court should issue an
order for the defendant to tender an apology in
two national dailies and two online papers. The
defendant should also be banned from featuring
on such political programmes in media houses
and should pay the sum of N10bn damages to
the plaintiff.”
The Presiding Judge, Justice Muazu Abubakar,
adjourned the case to October 6, 2015 for
mentioning. http://www.punchng.com/news/yuguda-sues-apc-chieftain-for-n10bn-over-defamation/ |
Re: Yuguda Sues APC Chieftain For N10bn Over Defamation by harrysterol(m): 8:50am On Aug 15, 2015 |
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Re: Yuguda Sues APC Chieftain For N10bn Over Defamation by donholy28(m): 8:54am On Aug 15, 2015 |
APC |
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