In suit filed at the Makurdi High Court by his son, Mr. Terna Agerzua of Emmanuel Law Partners, the adviser is seeking three other major reliefs. These include “a declaration that the libelous publication by the defendant on Facebook dated September 19, 2016 against the plaintiff is false, unfounded, unwarranted and defamatory in nature.” He also sought “an order of court directing the defendant to retract the said libelous publication via the same medium (Facebook),” as well as an order “directing the defendant to tender a public apology to the plaintiff and cause same to be published in at least two national and local newspapers.” Agerzua said Iortyom made a libelous publication alleging that he diverted N10 million meant for members of the Independent Print-Media Publishers Association of Nigeria. On seeing the fallacious publication, he immediately issued a rejoinder and demanded a retraction within 24 hours. He said the leadership of IPPAN also issued a public statement refuting the publication through its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Nelson Ogbu. Rather than retract the publication, the defendant continued to circulate the said publication to different Facebook groups while his allies shared it to defame the plaintiff’s reputation, the statement of claim added.]]>