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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.

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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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ALCOHOLKILLS:

Sahara reporters again

Ok

Nice decision by sahara.......saraki must hear am...Politheifians everywhere you go

You can't fight a lion in the jungle without heavy scars...that is if you come out alive

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

A judgment from an "Ilorin High Court" in favor of Saraki, the "Lord of ilorin". Is that one a judgement?

Lawless country... that's Florence lugard product for you

Ok

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

2015

Op see dates on your alleged link. 2015, 2015

Good

dats nigeria for u

babyfaceafrica:
Nice decision by sahara.......saraki must hear am...Politheifians everywhere you go

Yimu
In this Nigeria?
Those are decorated sacred cattle

ArchEnemy:
Yimu
In this Nigeria?
Those are decorated sacred cattle

maybe...

Lawyers in the house help pls.

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

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.

Lol kangaroo court

Everybody ignoring the law just like President Buhari

lol

Good development

OP is an afonja BMC miscreant

https://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/429/855/962.jpg

Oops