Governor Nyesom Wike has sued ThisDay Newspapers for libel over an article published by the newspaper on Tuesday, June 23, 2020.
Wike said the publication captioned, “With Wike, Obaseki Meets His PDP’S Waterloo, Almost,” is maliciously and falsely portrayed him as an unreliable friend/person.
He is demanding 7 billion as damages done on his reputation.
Wike said in the suit filed at the Rivers State High Court Port Harcourt by his Counsel, Emmanuel C.Ukala, Esq, S.A.N, that the Defendants further portrayed him as a selfish politician and a person who meddled in and exerts subterranean influence in judicial matters in Courts sitting in Port Harcourt to achieve selfish political interest and that he is not a true democrat.
He is seeking an order of mandatory injunction compelling the Defendants to withdraw, retract and recant the said libellous publication.
The retraction is to be published at the front page(and to devote the whole full front page to the publication of the retraction).
The Newspaper is also to publish an apology in the terms acceptable to the Claimant and with his prior approval at the back page( on the full-back page) in the same edition on which the retraction is published, and two consecutive editions of ThisDay Newspapers.
The governor is also seeking an order of injunction restraining the Defendants by themselves or by their servants, agents, privies and associates from further publishing the said libel or any manner however and whatsoever continuing to circulate the said libellous publication concerning the Claimant.
