By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Zuba, has fixed February 14, to commence hearing on a N3billion libel suit an ex-militant, Eshanekpe Isreal a.k.a General Akpodoro, filed against an aide to the Executive Director of project at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Jaro Egbo.
The plaintiff, in his suit marked CV/8042/17, is praying the court to compel the defendant to pay him the sum of N1billion as general damages, as well as another N2bn as special, aggravated and examplary damages for a defamatory publication he said was posted against him on July 21, 2017.
The former Niger Delta agitator told the court that the defendant had on the said date, circulated on a Whatsapp campaign platform that was created for Senator Omo-Agege, “a highly libelous and defamatory” post that he was wanted by security…
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