The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has filed a N15bn defamation suit against Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. This comes after allegations that he demanded a 48 per cent kickback from a N27.3bn take-off grant approved for a federal agency.
In the suit, Gbajabiamila is seeking N10bn in general damages, N5bn in aggravated damages, N200m as the cost of the action, and an order directing Adeyemi to publish a full retraction and apology in five national newspapers.
He concluded by asking the court to compel the defendant to post the apology on all social media platforms and online channels where the alleged defamatory statements were published.
His words, “The claimant has never met the defendant, never held any meeting with him and has never authorised any intermediary, representative, agent or proxy to demand or receive money on his behalf.”
