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| Mr. Peter Obi |
Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, has demanded that Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy to the President, retract his allegations linking Obi to planned protests against the Tinubu administration.
In a letter from his counsel, Chief Alex Ejesieme, SAN, of the MADIBA Chambers, Obi stated that Onanuga's allegations, widely published in social and mainstream media, have maligned his reputation as a man who abhors violence, despite his well-known antecedents.
Obi has given Onanuga 72 hours to retract the statement, issue a public apology, and pay N5 billion in damages. He has threatened legal action if his demands are not met.
The Labour Party and the Peter Obi Media Reach (POMR) have also refuted Onanuga's claims, describing them as unfounded, wicked, and baseless. They allege that the unsubstantiated allegations are an attempt to arrest Obi and limit his freedom of association
“It’s our client’s conviction that the publication was a calculated plot to demean, ridicule, humiliate and embarrass him by the estimation of every right thinking member of the society.”
The letter continued that the allegation may have achieved its insipid motive as well-wishers from all around the globe have inundated Obi to register their shock.
“His appellation as ‘Okwute’ (The Rock) notwithstanding, the demeaning and scandalous publication has also caused a serious emotional injury to our client, given his decades of stellar stewardship in private and public life.
“Consequently, we have our clients mandate to demand that you retract the statement made in the publication and tender an unreserved apology to him within 72 hours of the receipt of this letter in not less than 4 National Dailies to wit: Vanguard, THISDAY, Punch and the Cable, including your verified X“@aonanuga1956.
“Our client is also making an unequivocal demand for the monetary damage of N5b for the embarrassment your defamatory publication has caused him and his family”
The letter said “In the event of your failure to meet the demands set out above, our client shall be constrained to approach a court of competent jurisdiction and take legal action against you for defamation and libel.”
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