“When a man speaks carelessly, he must be ready for the consequences because words said cannot be taken back,” the judge said.
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Following the posts, Mr Okpoko, an Abuja-based lawyer, instituted the suit and followed it up with a writ of summons filed on 25 April 2022 through his lawyers, asking for general damages of N100 million and N50 million in exemplary damages against the defendant, Mr Ihemeje. On 31 April 2023, the claimant, through his lawyer, C. I. Okpoko, SAN, adopted his final written addresses, during which he submitted two issues for determination: “Whether the client has made out a case of defamation/libel against the defendant on the preponderance of the evidence adduced in the case and whether the defendant has made out a defence of justification, fair comment or qualified privilege raised.
Justice Agunloye noted that the defendant should have reported the claimant to appropriate authorities “instead of going out with a trumpet like a town crier to announce to theHe said, “The defendant’s statements appear to be that of a dog barking without reason. No legal justification whatsoever.
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