Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has instituted a fresh court case against Nigerian Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, over repeated claims that his client jumped bail back in 2017. The IPOB leader, therefore, demanded the court to grant him N20,000,000,000.00 (Twenty Billion Naira only) for general and exemplary damages.
January 17, 2023Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra , Nnamdi Kanu, has instituted a fresh court case against Nigerian
This was revealed in court documents filed last Friday at an Abia State High Court, which described Malami's constant claim that the IPOB leader jumped bail as"libellous and defamatory" because"the Umuahia court already ruled" that Kanu did not jump bail. “Such publication is highly prejudicial and injurious to MNK’s other cases pending in various courts. It has to stop!” Ejimakor wrote on his Twitter handle with accompanying documents.The document reads in part: 1. A DECLARATION of this Honorable Court that, in view of the said Judgment of Abia State High Court, the Defendant's published statements or utterances to the effect that Claimant jumped bail, as published in the said Vanguard newspaper publication, are libelous and defamatory.
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