The court, presided over by Justice Monima Danagogo, also fixed February 15 and 16, 2016 for the conclusion of the cross-examination of Mitee and the defendants, namely, Chief Enoch Tombari Gbarade, Festus Legbara and Olulu Sunday Olulu. The former MOSOP President, who is also an indigene of Kegbara-Dere community had filed a suit against Gbarade, Legbara and Olulu, accusing the trio, who are former chairmen of Kegbara-Dere Town Council; Kegbara-Dere Community Development Council and Kegbara-Dere Youth Council, respectively, of defamation. In the suit, PHC/1907/2015, Mitee is demanding for N1.05 billion as damages following allegations by the trio that he sponsored armed youths to cause unrest in the community. During cross-examination yesterday, counsel to the defendants, Donald Atogbo, accused Mitee of plagiarism, insisting that the former MOSOP President reproduced part of “Genocide in Nigeria: The Ogoni Tragedy”, a book published by late environmentalist, Kenule Saro-Wiwa in 1992, in another book written by him without given credit to the author. In response, Mitee denied the allegations, saying that in the heat of the Ogoni struggle, some ideas were reproduced severally by several persons in order to pass the message of the struggle. He said, “No, ideas that are common in the struggle found themselves in my speeches, Ken’s (Kenule Saro-Wiwa) speeches and Dr. Leton’s speeches and those of all that had been part of the struggle. Most of Ken’s speeches were written by me.”]]>

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