Court orders activist to pay Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer N5.5m
“The sum of N100,000,000:00 being the cost of this action.”
The court also ordered the defendant to forthwith publish a full retraction of the utterly libelous publications apology to the claimant in at least three national Newspapers with nationwide circulation, including PUNCH, Daily Times, and PREMIUM TIMES. Other orders made by the court included, “Perpetual injunction restraining the defendant his agents, associates, privies and/or proxies howsoever called, from publishing any similar or further libel of and concerning the Claimant .
Reacting to the judgement, Ejiofor said, “Be rest assured that this judgment shall be executed to the letter. I immensely thank my colleagues in chambers and Barrister Maxwell Opara, who worked assiduously to secure this victory.
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