A Federal High Court Judge in Abuja, Justice Gladys Olotu, has sued Leaders and Company Ltd, publishers of This Day Newspapers, for N2 billion over its publication on Wednesday 13, November 2012.
Solicitor to the plaintiff, Sir Chief (Dr.) Alfred Eghobamien (SAN), yesterday told a Benin High Court that the newspaper had in the said libelous publication- with headline, “EFCC probes seven judges for corruption”, mentioned Justice Olotu’s name.
According to him, the newspaper further reported that Justice Olotu was being investigated for owing several properties in Abuja, Benin, Lagos, including several accounts in local banks and in the United Kingdom- as well as stock in some companies.
Eghobamien told the court that he wrote ThisDay on November 20, 2013 over the publication, which he claimed portrayed his client as “a criminal who acquired illegal wealth from unexplained sources”.
The claimant, who was docked in court yesterday, maintained that the publication was not only untrue, but a well-orchestrated plan to harmfully malign and hurtfully libel her before members of the public.
She explained that the said publication caused her unquantifiable damage, loss of good will and destruction of reputation.
Olotu therefore demanded for the payment of two billion naira damages and a withdrawal of the libelous publication with unqualified apology to be given a prominent place on the front page of seven widely read newspapers including ThisDay newspapers and on the Internet.
In the absence of the defendant, the judge, Justice V.O. Eboreime, however adjourned the case and expressed hope that the defendants would have filed in their
