*Seeks N4bn compensation

Alex Enumah in Abuja



Former chairman of the Pensions Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, has dragged Reno Omokri, media aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, to court over allegations of corruption recently made against him in a national newspaper.

In the suit filed before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Maina has asked the court to award the sum of N4bn compensation against Omokri for the alleged defamatory publication.

Sued along Omokri was the Vanguard Media Limited publisher of the Vanguard newspaper, wherein the said defamatory publication was made.

Maina, in the suit, prayed the court to declare that the comments contained in Omokri’s right of reply titled, “General Buhari’s Cambridge Certificate is as nonexistent as Louis Odion’s self esteem”, published in the Vanguard newspaper on September 12, 2019 as defamatory and libelous.

The claimant, in the suit filed by his counsel, Edwin Inegedu, wants the court to order the publication of apology, retraction and rebuttal of the libelous materials in the Vanguard newspaper and two other national dailies within seven days.

He prayed for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from further publishing or disseminating the libelous materials against him.

According to Maina, Omokri, in his right of reply published in the Vanguard classified him as one of the highlights of alleged corruption, which he noted was a libelous publication.

The claimant further averred that the 1st defendant, by his right of reply made the following libelous publication about him.

“Who is super corrupt between Atiku, who is the most investigated politician in Nigeria, without anything being found against him, and a General Buhari, who loaded his cabinet with corruption gold medalist?
“If Mr. Louis Odion says General Buhari has integrity, then I have the following question for him.

“Why was Goje’s N25 billion corruption dropped, who owns Ikoyi apartment billions, when will #AishaMBuhari”s ADC be tried and who reinstated and double-promoted Maina?

The claimant averred that Omokri maliciously and in extreme bad faith made the said publication in an adventurous attempt to score a point in his quarrel with one Mr. Louis Ofion.

By that libelous publication, Maina said he was being portrayed as corrupt and unworthy of being entrusted with public funds, that he was a beneficiary of corruption and was corruptly reinstated into the civil service, had no integrity to be reinstated, among others.

He said the libelous materials were false, untrue, baseless and was orchestrated to ridicule, malign and smear his reputation, adding that he was not double promoted by the president or issued with any letter of double promotion.

That he had never been tried and convicted for corruption by any court in Nigeria and further added that the publication had damaged his image, character, reputation and that he had suffered considerable distress and embarrassment and had been put into public scandal, odium and contempt.

No date has been fixed for the hearing of the suit which was filed last Friday.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/09/22/maina-drags-omokri-to-court-over-corruption-allegations/

lol person wey dey wanted sef dey sue person... e no kuku dey Naija nobody go tell u before u withdraw ur case

I hope this sees the light of day and Reno has his day in court. Since he knows too well who the thieves, killers and all that are, let him provide evidence in court to support his claims and possibly put the thieves and killers to shame.

Ok

What a clown

Only in Nigeria confirmed criminals drag their accusers to court

Maina will win in his Fulani court of law with a sharia judge.

omenka:
I hope this sees the light of day and Reno has his day in court. Since he knows too well who the thieves, killers and all that are, let him provide evidence in court to support his claims and possibly put the thieves and killers to shame.

Zombies are now supporting Maina.
i thought they say Maina is a fugitive how come he is suing or he is now a ghost. THe Mainna that Mr intergrity claimed that they are looking for but secretly brought him into the Civil service.
God will judge you all

Look at the audacity of this criminal

A wanted man has taken someone to court. Only in Nigeria!

The present gang of corrupt APC leaders have searched everywhere for something to use and silent @RenoOmokiri to no avail. Now they are resorting to using a surrogate to defame him a little.
All 'na wash'

Nigeria is a country Where confirmed thieves boldly daré anybody to Call them thieves



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Someone that INTERPOL declared criminal is talking about integrity

You called someone a criminal but you're crying when summoned to court to repeat what you said.

dis pipu don tired me o

Omokirikiri is a loquacious basket mouth

That Rhinoceros cup go soon fill for this 9ija

Eni ba je fufu ni ara nfu.

what-de-f--k ......the country is finished...obviously Maina is making a come-back

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