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Bribery Video: Court Orders Ganduje To Pay Jaafar, Daily Nigerian ₦800k
- Justice Suleiman Na-mallam, in his ruling, granted ₦400,000 each to Ja’afar and his company, Penlight Media Limited, publishers of Daily Nigerian newspaper.
A High Court sitting in Kano State, on Tuesday, ordered Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to pay ₦800,000 to the Publisher of Daily Nigerian, Ja’afar Ja’afar, as cost for expenses incurred in a court case the governor instituted over the controversial dollar bribery video.
Ganduje had sued Ja’afar and Daily Nigerian newspaper for releasing the video clips showing the governor stuffing his pockets with wads of dollars suspected to be a bribe from a contractor.
The governor through his counsel demanded Jaafar pay him ₦3 billion for defamation of character.
He, however, filed an application through his counsel, Offiong Offiong, on June 28 seeking to discontinue the court case.
Read also: I’ll Be Here Until The Coast Is Clear – Journalist Who Published Ganduje’s Bribe Video
When the matter was called on Tuesday, the counsel to Ja’afar, U. U. Eteng, and M. B. Azumi, counsel to Penlight Media Limited, publishers of Daily Nigerian, did not object to the application to discontinue the case but demanded ₦400 million as part of terms to discontinue the suit.
While Azumi asked for ₦300 million damages for wasting their time and putting the reputation of his client in jeopardy, Eteng demanded ₦100 million.
They also demanded an apology to be published in national dailies and a pre-action letter.
Justice Suleiman Na-mallam, in his ruling, granted ₦400,000 each to Ja’afar and his company, Penlight Media Limited, publishers of Daily Nigerian newspaper.
He, however, kept mum on the prayer by defendants to make a public apology in national dailies.
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