Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for February 23 election, Atiku Abubakar, has concluded plans to file legal charges against an aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media, Lauretta Onochie, for a controversial tweet.
Atiku’s lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, had in a letter to Onochie on Sunday given her 48 hours to pay his client the sum of N500 million and tender public apology or face legal suit for N2 billion.
Onochie in defiance on Monday called Atiku a ‘depressed’ man who was being misled by his lawyers.
However, Mr Ozekhome told Punchng.com Tuesday evening that they were taking the matter to court.
“Of course, we are going to court because she has even aggravated the issue. She posted another comment online abusing Atiku saying that he was talking nonsense. She seems not to understand the gravity of what she has done,” he said.
“She has aggravated the matter. We shall meet in court and we practise a constitutional democracy and we are a society governed by laws. We are preparing to go to court. In my chambers, we don’t threaten people for the fun of it.
“When we say we will go to court if a demand is not meant, we stand by our words. We may even increase the lawsuit above N2bn because she has aggravated the matter.”
