A Lagos High Court at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Thursday ordered media personality Toke Makinwa to pay her ex-husband Maje Ayida N1 million for defamation.
Justice Olukayode Ogunjobi found the contents of Toke’s book On Becoming in page 54 line 11-16 and page 83, line 1 defamatory.
Toke alleged in her book that Maje was unfaithful and infected her with STD while they were married.
Ayida a fitness enthusiast had through his lawyers written to Toke to stop the sale of the book. But she went on, forcing him to institute a N100 million suit for defamation of character in 2017.
Justice Ogunjobi gave Toke (first defendant) and her publisher (second defendant) 30 days to delete the said defamatory words from unsold copies of the book in their custody.
The court ruled that the sum of N500,000 each is to be paid by the defendants to any charity organisation of the claimant’s choice.
