Sunday Igboho sues Gani Adams for alleged defamation

Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has instituted a case of alleged defamation of character against the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams.

In the suit marked I/406/2024, before an Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, Igboho is also seeking an order compelling the defendant to pay a sum of N500 million as aggravated damages over a leaked audio conversation, which he claimed impugn his reputation.

According to the writ of summon made available to journalists in Ibadan, on Thursday, Igboho is seeking among others, “a declaration that the content of an audio clip between the defendant (Adams)

and a third party named Nuru Banjo that took place sometime in

November, 2021 and further published on all new media platforms,

including youtube, is slanderous, libelous and defamatory.

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“A declaration that it is unlawful, inappropriate and inexcusable for the

defendant to defame, disparage and put to disrepute the character and

reputation of the claimant (Igboho) in an audio clip published on all new media

platforms, including Youtube, in a publication that took place between the

defendant and a third party, Mr. Nuru Banjo, sometime in November,

2021 or thereabout.

“An order of this honourable court directing the defendant to publicly

retract the slanderous, libelous and defamatory content contained in the

publication to Nuru Banjo which was further published on all new media

platforms including Youtube where the claimant was defamed, maligned

and disparaged by the defendant in the conversation published in

November, 2021 by the defendant.

“An order of this honourable court directing the defendant to engage all

new media platforms, including youtube, to take down the slanderous,

libelous and defamatory content against the claimant.

“An order of this honourable court directing the defendant to tender

unreserved apology to the claimant in five national newspapers in

Nigeria over defamatory content against the claimant by the defendant

which has been published on all new

media platforms, including youtube.

“An order of perpetual injunction

restraining the defendant, his agent,

privies or assigns from further

embarrassing degrading or defaming the person of the claimant.

“An order of this honourable court for the payment of exemplary and

aggravated damages in the sum of five hundred million naira

(N500,000,000.00) in favour of the claimant for defamation of the person

of the claimant by the defendant.”

It is recalled that Adams had recently in a leaked audio conversation alleged that Igboho is an assassin being used by President Bola Tinubu for dirty jobs, adding that unconfirmed information linked him to the murder of the former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Late Chief Bola Ige, who was killed by gunmen at his Bodija GRA, Ibadan residence in December 23, 2001.