A Benue State High Court presided over by Justice Augustine Ityonyiman has dismissed the case of defamation filed against a former speaker of the state A Benue State High Court presided over by Justice Augustine Ityonyiman has dismissed the case of defamation filed against a former speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr. Terkimbi Ikyange, by Governor Samuel Ortom.
A Benue State High Court presided over by Justice Augustine Ityonyiman has dismissed the case of defamation filed against a former speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr. Terkimbi Ikyange, by Governor Samuel Ortom.
The governor in the suit was demanding for apology, retraction of the accusations in national dailies and television stations as well as payment of N1 billion naira as damages. According to the presiding Judge, the only evidence before the court was that of PW2 who was said to be the younger brother of the governor, who could not show how the alleged defamatory statement had reduced the high standing of his elder brother.
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