The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has summoned the publisher of Sahara Reporters Omoyele Sowore to appear before it over an alleged false media report.
In inviting Mr Sowore, the court granted the Inspector-General of Police’s prayer through his lawyer Alex Izinyon in the N10 billion suit filed against Mr Sowore.
Justice Binta Mohammed adjourned the matter until January 26, 2021 for hearing.
The police boss Mohammed Adamu described as falsehood a report published by the media outfit on August 3, accusing him of illegally raising funds to build a police training school in Nasarawa State.
Mr Adamu had threatened to file a N10 billion suit against the online platform and Sowore unless an apology was tendered within seven days of the letter addressed to the media house on August 6.
However, in a writ of summon with suit number: CU/3506/2020 dated and filed on December 21, Mr Izinyon sought “a declaration that the words published by the defendant against the claimant in the online website of Sahara Reporters of Aug. 3 falsely and maliciously written, published to the general public and therefore was defamatory of the person of claimant.
“The sum of N10 billion only to the claimant as aggravated and exemplary damages against the defendant for libel, falsely and maliciously published by the defendant against the claimant in the online website.”
The lawyer also urged the court to make an order, restraining the media outfit from publishing defamatory report against his client any longer.
