Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams has asked the Oyo State High Court, in Ibadan to strike out the suit filed against him by Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, over alleged defamation of character.
Igboho in the suit is
seeking an order compelling the defendant to pay N500 million as aggravated
damages over the alleged leaked audio conversation, which he claimed impugned
his reputation.
Igboho is also seeking, among
others, “a declaration that the content of an audio clip between the defendant
(Adams) and a third party named Nuru Banjo that took place sometime in November
2021 and further published on all news media platforms, including Youtube, is
slanderous, libelous and defamatory."
However, in a Motion
filed by his Counsel, Oluwole Kehinde of OKC Attorneys, prayed the
court to strike out the suit.
Adams in an affidavit in support
of the motion, deposed to by one Micheal Oluwanmi Okunore on his behalf,
asked the court to strike out the suit for its failure to follow due
process.
Adams averred that the
claimant's Writ of Summons in this suit does not have the required mandatory
endorsement that it is for service outside Oyo State and in Lagos State.
The defendant further averred
that Writ of Summons of the claimant was not signed by a legal practitioner or
the claimant himself.
He therefore, prayed the
court:" It is in the interest of justice to strike out the claimant's suit
before the Honourable Court for the foregoing reasons".
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