Ganduje sues Daily Nigerian for N3 billion over “videos”

Kano state Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has filed a suit in
a Federal High Court in Kano state demanding damages of three
Billion Naira (N3 Billion) against the publisher of an online
platform, Daily Nigerian, for defamation.

Counsel to the defendant Nuradeen A. Ayagi In a Writ of Summons
tendered before the High Court sated 13, November, 2018, demanded
the defendants for an appearance to be entered for him before 14
days.

Daly Nigerian an online platform had published stories and
videos alleging that the Kano state Governor Ganduje collected $5
Million as kickback from contractors.

Nuradeen prayed to the court should declare as follows, “a
declaration that the act of publishing and circulating libelous
statements, false and doctored video clips attacking and impugning
the character and integrity of the plaintiff amounts to defamation
of character of the character plaintiff by the defendants and thus
wrongful.”

Counsel to the Governor equally urges the Court to further
outrightly declare that unqualified imputation of theft, fraud,
corruption and dishonesty which are all criminal offenses by the
defendants publication against the plaintiff without any conviction
by a court of laws, is slanderous, libelous, injurious and
wrongful.

“ an older perpetually restraining the defendants, their agents
and all persons and entities to whom they shared their libelous
documents/records from further defaming the good standing and
character of the plaintiff.”

Ganduje want the court to further averred that “ and order of
perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from further
publishing the said defamatory story and sharing the said doctored
video clips howsoever to whichever type of audience.

“ an order compelling the defendant to pay the plaintiff the sum
of N3, 000,000,000 ( Three Billion Naira) as damages for the
defamation of the plaintiff character and standing.

“An order compelling the defendants to write a public apology to
the plaintiff and broadcast such apology through their online
platforms and news media with global accessibility.”