By joshua 
… Demands Retraction, apology, award for general damages, N3m cost.
The immediate past Kogi State Commissioner For Rural Development, Hon. Daniel One’ Ejigbo has dragged one Kassim Mohammed to a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Judicial Division for authoring false and disparaging statement against him which he shared on Facebook with the intention to injure his reputation.
In an eighteen page writ of summons dated 19th December, 2022, signed by Ataguba S. Aboje Esq Legal Practitioner of A&G, the former Commissioner claimed that the defendants statements published on facebook.com on the 15th November, 2022 are false and amounts to libel.
Hon. Ejigbo said the defendant accused him of being a corrupt government officials who looted project monies given to him by the government.
Hon. Ejigbo equally said the defendant accused him of sabotage, undermining the Kogi State Government by sponsoring negative and damaging media campaigns against the government.
Hon. Daniel also said the defendant alledged that he embezzled government fund meant for development, cannot account for the money given to him as Commissioner.
While pointing out that he has suffered psychological trauma, pain, shunned and vilified by some members of the community as a corrupt public officer.
Hon Ejigbo pray the court to declare the statements about which the claimant published on Facebook are false and amount to libel.
The former Commissioner is equally seeking an order awarding N1,000,000,000 as general damages against the defendant.
Hon. Daniel is equally seeking an order to perpetually restrain the defendant from further publishing further untrue statement about the matter.
Similarly, an order directing the claimant to delete the libelous statement from his page and to publish a retraction and an apology on his Facebook page and another order awarding N3m as cost of the action as well as awarding 30% interest per annum on the judgement sum.