Dr. Monday O. Ubani, SAN, has threatened to pursue robust civil and criminal enforcement processes against one Tonye Clinton Jaja over alleged defamatory publications linking him to criminal allegations without any evidence.
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In a press statement signed by his solicitor, Nkem Okoro, Esq., Ubani described the publication as reckless, sensational, and legally irresponsible, noting that his name was casually and maliciously inserted into an alleged criminal narrative without a single fact, detail, document, transaction, witness, or nexus linking him to any wrongdoing.
Okoro stated that the publication is not only defamatory and malicious but also constitutes a deliberate violation of a subsisting court order restraining Tonye Clinton Jaja from publishing further defamatory or tarnishing materials against Ubani.
“Despite pending civil and criminal proceedings already instituted against him, the author has persistently continued this campaign of reckless publications in utter disregard for the authority of the court and the rule of law,” the statement read.
The solicitor emphasised that mere mention of a person’s name in a criminal narrative without particulars is neither evidence nor public interest disclosure.
“It is character assassination and abuse of media space,” Okoro stated.
The statement clarified that Ubani has neither had any professional, financial, administrative, or personal dealings with the former Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, nor with the author, and has never been connected in any manner whatsoever to the allegations irresponsibly propagated in the said publication.
“The author’s complete failure to supply any factual particulars further exposes the hollowness and mischief embedded in his claims,” the statement added.
Okoro disclosed that his firm has already activated and continues to pursue robust civil and criminal enforcement processes against Tonye Clinton Jaja arising from his serial defamatory publications and contemptuous conduct.
“These processes shall be methodically prosecuted to their logical conclusion until full legal redress is achieved,” he said.
The solicitor challenged the author to approach the courts if he genuinely possesses any credible evidence against Ubani.
“If the author genuinely possesses any credible evidence against our client, the proper forum remains the courtroom, not media trials, open-letter propaganda, or reckless abuse of public platforms,” Okoro stated.
The public was urged to discountenance the said publication in its entirety and to remain guided by verifiable facts, judicial processes, and the rule of law.
“All further defamatory publications shall attract immediate and escalated legal consequences sooner or later. It is only a matter of time!” the statement concluded.
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