A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his Campaign Director, Dr Bukola Saraki, to pay N5m damages to a Lagos trader, Amuda Adeleke, for unauthorised use of her photograph on their campaign billboard.

Justice Ayokunle Faji, who made the monetary award in a judgment on Monday, said the N5m would be jointly and severally paid by Atiku, Saraki, the PDP and Peter Obi, who was Atiku’s running mate in the poll.

In s suit marked FHC/L/CS/19, Adeleke had told the court that the defendants used her photograph on their campaign billboard without her consent.


The trader said this caused her embarrassment and she prayed the court to award N45m against the defendants for infringing on her fundamental right to privacy as enshrined, in the 1999 Constitution.

But after entering judgment in her favour, Justice Faji awarded N5m against the defendants.

In the suit, Adeleke explained that in December 2018, during the build-up to the 2019 general elections, agents of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, led by Saraki, came to Oyin Jolayemi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos to campaign for Atiku and his running mate, Obi.

She said Saraki and his team engaged people on the street, including herself.

Adeleke said she saw members of the campaign train taking photographs during the engagement with the crowd and she thought it was merely to preserve the memory of the event.

othermen:
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festacman:
Dear Bukola Saraki, please be a gentleman and pay this woman this money to help her 'ministry' move to permanent site. Please Saraki, don't appeal this judgement as this N5m is mere chicken change compared to billions you and other senators earned for doing less than what most teachers in classrooms. Thank you for usual cooperation.

festacman:
Dear Bukola Saraki, please be a gentleman and pay this woman this money to help her 'ministry' move to permanent site. Please Saraki, don't appeal this judgement as this N5m is mere chicken change compared to billions you and other senators earned for doing less than what most teachers in classrooms. Thank you for usual cooperation.

bolaayenimo:
Pay her for what?? They even gave her Publicity

SadiqBabaSani:
I hope dey Pay up

immaq8:
hope she will live to eat the 5m. I fear PDP!

Biafrarep:


Don't mind the greedy woman.
Afonja and greed are like 5 &6. They came to assist you only for you to turn against them!

Benbellamor:
Trash .....Atiku will just pay 10% of 500,000 to court and appeal to suffer and teach the guy a lesson and for the plaintiff to file counter appeal he has to deposit 500k to court, and pay another 500k to his lawyers minimum, Appart from at least 4 sittings which will gulp at least a million out of plaintiff pocket. Then Atiku will heat to supreme court, the plaintiff Already exhausted... Ask Baba suwe vs NDLEA...NOTHING FOR LAZY FELLOW...

ambu2:


Hahaha! my brother forget, las las this case go reach Supreme court and the woman go don tire sef.

festacman:
Dear Bukola Saraki, please be a gentleman and pay this lucky woman the N5m award to help her 'ministry' move to permanent site. Please don't appeal this judgement. Do it as a lockdown giveaway. Afterall, N5m is mere chicken change compared to billions you and other senators earned for doing less than what most teachers in classrooms. Thank you for usual cooperation.