The first son of Gov. Theodore Orji of Abia State, Chinedu Orji, an engineer, has sued The Sun Newspapers Limited, owned by a former Governor of the State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, claiming N5bn damages for calling him “a terrorist.”
A member of the legal team for
Orji’s son, Chief Chukwunyere Nwabuko, said the libellous publication
was contained on page 21 of the March 10, 2014 edition of The Sun Newspapers, which reads that, “it is not a secret affair as his terrorist activities in the state are fully documented.”
The
three-point claims by the plaintiff include, “The sum of N5bn as
damages for libel; an unreserved apology to be published in at least
three editions of the Daily Sun Newspapers; and an order of
perpetual injunction restraining the defendants, their agents, privies,
servants and associates from further writing, printing and publishing of
the said libellous matter or a similar one against the claimant.”
The matter will come up for hearing on September 22.
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