Eze Chikamnayo |
Banker turned politician, Dr. Alex Otti, Thursday filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja against the duo of Eze Chikamnnyo, (Abia Commissioner for Information) and Ugochukwu Nwankwo (Publisher of Abia PulseNews Online) over their defamatory and libelous publication against him in a publication titled "Enough of Otti's Nonsense"
The Suit which was filed by Seasons Law Firm, Abuja, is seeking the following reliefs:
1. An Order of the Honorable Court compelling the Defendants to publish an apology to the Claimant in a full page of The Guardian Newspaper and This Day Newspaper retracting the defamatory statements contained in the article titled "Enough of Otti's Nonsense".
2. An Order of the Honorable Court compelling the Defendants to publish an apology to the Claimant on the Abia Pulse News Online website - www.abiapulse.com - retracting the defamatory statements contained in the article titled "Enough of
Otti's Nonsense" and accord the apology the same level of prominence as the article titled "Enough of Otti's Nonsense".
3. An Order of the Court compelling the Defendants jointly and severally to pay
general damages of N50,000,000,000 for damage done to the reputation of the Claimant by the publication of the false, malicious and defamatory statements contained in the article titled "Enough of Oatti's Nonsense".
The alleged libelous publication which Dr. Otti argued is not only false in its entirety, but also malicious as it intended to malign, ridicule and reduce his estimation in the minds of right thinking members of the public.
Otti maintained that he has worked hard all his life to reach the eminent status which he has attained nationally and globally, and, is asking the Court for a retraction of the publication and an apology by the defendants, in addition to exemplary damages, to mitigate the damage done to his reputation by the said publication.
Otti, after he left the banking Industry, contested the governorship election in Abia which he claimed he overwhelmly won but was stolen by the ruling party in the state. He retrieved his mandate at the court of appeal but was reversed by the Supreme Court. He recontested in 2019 but lost amidst irregularities. He joined APC in 2020.
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