Odinkalu Raises the Alarm as Rivers Court Denies Him Copy of Judgment
A former Chairman of the Governing Council of the National Human Rights Commission , Dr. Chidi Odinkalu has raised the alarm that almost three weeks after the Rivers State High Court delivered judgment against him in a libel suit, the court has refused to release a copy of the judgment to enable him file his appeal.
A copy of his letter obtained by THISDAY reads: “I now lead a team of lawyers acting for the defendants in the suit in the above caption which was determined before his Lordship, the Hon Justice A.U. Knigsley-Chuku. Odili had in 2018 instituted legal action against the ex-NHRC boss for alleged defamation, demanding the sum of N1 billion as total and general damages and a public apology to be published in national newspapers.
The legal team had also faulted the judgment on grounds of bias, and misconduct, amongst others, and that a petition had already been written to the National Judicial Council against the trial judge. The legal team added that as at the time of the reported judgment, there were appeals pending before the Court of Appeal against several rulings of the court, including its claim of jurisdiction.
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