Again, Kanu sues Malami for N20 billion.
Nnamdi Kanu, the head of the Indigenous People of Biafra, has slammed a new N20 billion lawsuits filed against Abubakar Malami, the federation's attorney general.
Kanu alleged that the AGF defamed the IPOB leader when he said that the latter jumped bail and had requested N20 billion in damages through his attorney, Aloy Ejimakor.
This happened just four days after Kanu's initial N20 billion lawsuit against Malami was dismissed.
The first suit dated September 23, had sought “a declaration that the defendants’ arrest and imprisonment of the plaintiff (Kanu) at a location in Kenya and the subsequent imprisonment of the plaintiff in the aircraft that conveyed him from Kenya to Nigeria amounted to false arrest and false imprisonment.”
But in the most recent lawsuit, filed on November 21, Kanu sought damages after what he claimed were false and malicious accusations made against him.
The suit was contained in letter sent to Malami titled, “RE: Pre-action notice and formal demand for settlement of the claim of defamation/libel of the character of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu grounded on your false, defamatory and libelous publications that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu jumped bail.”
Sharing copies of the document on his Twitter page on Tuesday, Ejimakor said, “Yesterday, I served on AGF Malami a Legal Notice (as required by law), notifying him of my intention to take legal action against him for his defamatory & libelous statements that #MNK jumped bail.”
Kanu, through his lawyer, said Malami’s claim that he jumped bail despite a court order clearing him was libellous.
Condemning Malami’s remark, Ejimakor said in the letter, “In view of the said judgment of the Abia State High Court, your above utterances were false, malicious and reckless and they were read and heard worldwide and portrayed our Client in light.”
According to the letter, Kanu demanded “the sum of N20,000,000,000.00 (Twenty Billion Naira only) being general and exemplary damages;
“An unreserved personal letter of apology, to be prominently and boldly published full-page in two Nigerian Newspapers of national circulation, namely: Guardian Newspaper and Sun Newspaper.
“You shall write and deliver to your superior officer(s) and/or your employer(s) a Legal Opinion to the effect that our Client did not jump bail in view of the 19th January 2022 Judgment of the High Court of Abia State.”
References
Punchng, 'Again, Kanu files N20bn suit against Malami' (online, 2022) <https://punchng.com/again-kanu-files-n20bn-suit-against-malami/>.
