Osinbajo is demanding the sum of N2 billion as compensation for
damage done to his reputation and has issued a seven-day ultimatum to
Fani-Kayode to apologize for the comments on four Television channels
and national newspapers.
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APC Vice Presidential candidate, Yemi Osinbajo (Twitter/APC Nigeria)
The Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Yemi Osinbajo has threatened to sue the spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign organization, Femi Fani-Kayode over recent defamatory statements made against him
Osinbajo
is demanding the sum of N2 billion as compensation for damage done to
his reputation and has issued a seven-day ultimatum to Fani-Kayode to
apologize for the comments on four Television channels and national
newspapers.
“Be advised that if we do not
receive your formal retraction and apology and damages as demanded
within seven days of receipt hereof, we shall proceed with our client’s
instructions to seek appropriate legal remedies for your publication and
dissemination of defamatory statements,” a lawyer from Osinbajo’s lawyer wrote, Femi Falana, read.
“The
direct meaning, imputation, purport and/or innuendo or insinuation of
the false, misleading and defamatory statements is that: ‘Professor
Osinbajo is deceitful. Essentially, you alleged that his motivation and
pledge to serve as Vice President of Nigeria is inconsistent with his
avowed desire to serve this nation with General Buhari, and work
assiduously to deliver the benefits of his commitment, party and
personal promises to the people,” the letter continued.
“Your
characterization of Professor Osinbajo as a ‘stooge’ in context
suggests that he is complicit in a fraud against the Nigerian people. As
it were, the statement has now been published and circulated to an
undetermined number of people in Nigeria, and internationally outside
Nigeria,” Falana said.
“It is clear that
the entire publication was a vicious, wicked and reckless ploy to
impugn the reputation of our client and lower him in the estimation of
right thinking members of the public,” the lawyer added.
Fani-Kayode has also threatened to institute a suit against the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Lai Mohammed for defamatory statements made against him.
