The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has issued another N20billion suit against the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.
Kanu’s counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, stated this in a Twitter thread, Tuesday. He said that the AGF defamed the IPOB leader when he claimed that the latter jumped bail, and had asked for N20bn for damages.
The first suit dated September 23, had sought “a declaration that the defendants’ arrest and imprisonment of the plaintiff at a location in Kenya and the subsequent imprisonment of the plaintiff in the aircraft that conveyed him from Kenya to Nigeria amounted to falasked for N20bn for damages.
The suit was contained in letter sent to Malami titled, “RE: Pre-action notice and formal demand for settlement of the claim of defamation/libel of the character of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu grounded on your false, defamatory and libelous publications that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu jumped bail.”
“In view of the said judgment of the Abia State High Court, your above utterances were false, malicious and reckless and they were read and heard worldwide and portrayed our Client in light.”
“An unreserved personal letter of apology, to be prominently and boldly published full-page in two Nigerian Newspapers of national circulation, namely: Guardian Newspaper and Sun Newspaper.
“You shall write and deliver to your superior officer(s) and/or your employer(s) a Legal Opinion to the effect that our Client did not jump bail in view of the 19th January 2022 Judgment of the High Court of Abia State.”
However, in the latest suit dated November 21, Kanu demanded compensation following alleged defamatory and libellous claims against him.
