Former governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba, has threatened to file a N3 billion libel suit on a chieftain of Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Femi Okurounmu.
According to a letter obtained by The PUNCH on Tuesday, Osoba through his counsel, Wole Olanipekun, accused the Afenifere chieftain of calling him a traitor and a double-faced military agent.
The former governor gave Okuronmu a 14-day ultimatum to comply with his demands or face legal action over defamation of character.
The letter said among other things “arising from the foregoing, we have the further instruction of our client to demand from you the following:
“Directing a retraction of the said interviews granted by you and published in the Daily Independent newspaper of Thursday, July 11, 2019 and the Saturday Sun newspaper of July 20, 2019;
“Public apology to our client to be published on the front pages of seven (7) consecutive editions of both newspapers, starting from Monday, 29th July, 2019;
“A sum of N3,000,000,000.00 (Three Billion Naira) as damages for the said libelous publications.
“You are given fourteen (14) days from the date of this letter within which to comply with our client’s simple demands; otherwise, our final instruction is to commence proceedings against you, claiming reliefs in terms of the said demands, plus aggravated and exemplary damages.”
