Ganduje sues Daily Nigerian for N3 billion over “videos”

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.”]]>