APC Deputy Governorship Candidate Files N2 Billion Libel Suit Against PDP Campaign DG

APC Deputy Governorship Candidate Files N2 Billion Libel Suit Against PDP Campaign DG

Dennis Idahosa, the All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy governorship candidate for the September 21, 2024 election in Edo State, has initiated a N2.15 billion libel suit against Olu Martins, the Deputy Director General of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign council……READ ALSO Unveiling the Alleged APC Deputy Governorship Candidate in Edo 2024 Contest: Rt. Hon. Patrick Aisowieren

In the suit filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory with suit number CS/2259/24 on May 3, 2024, by Ehiogie West-Idahosa, SAN, counsel to the claimant, Idahosa accused Martins of authoring an article that depicted him as a fraudster.

Demanding N2 billion as general, punitive, aggravated, and exemplary damages, Idahosa alleged that the publication, titled ‘APC GUBER CANDIDATE, OKPEBHOLO MOCKS OSHIOMHOLE AS IDAHOSA RETURNS FROM FOREIGN TRIP,’ circulated on various social media platforms on May 2, 2024, tarnished his personal and political reputation.

He sought a declaration from the court that the publication is libelous and malicious, along with an order of perpetual injunction restraining Martins from further disseminating similar defamatory content.

Additionally, Idahosa requested an unreserved public apology from Martins, to be published on WhatsApp group chat pages and other social media platforms for four weeks, along with the removal of the defamatory publication.

The lawsuit underscores the intensifying legal battle amid political campaigns in Edo State.

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