Yoruba Nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has filed a defamation suit against the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams.
The case, with suit number I/406/2024, has been brought before the Oyo State High Court in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State.
Igboho is seeking redress for alleged defamation, requesting an order compelling the defendant to pay N500 million in aggravated damages.
This follows the dissemination of a leaked audio conversation, which Igboho claims has tarnished his reputation.
Among other things, Igboho is seeking:
“A declaration that the content of an audio clip between the defendant (Adams) and a third party named Nuru Banjo, which occurred sometime in November 2021 and was subsequently published on various news media platforms, including YouTube, is slanderous, libelous, and defamatory.”
“A declaration that it is unlawful, inappropriate and inexcusable for the defendant to defame, disparage and put to disrepute the character and reputation of the claimant (Igboho) in an audio clip published on all new media platforms, including Youtube, in a publication that took place between the
defendant and a third party, Mr. Nuru Banjo, sometime in November, 2021 or thereabout.
“An order of this honourable court directing the defendant to publicly retract the slanderous, libelous and defamatory content contained in the publication to Nuru Banjo which was further published on all new media platforms including Youtube where the claimant was defamed, maligned and disparaged by the defendant in the conversation published in November, 2021 by the defendant.
“An order of this honourable court directing the defendant to engage all new media platforms, including youtube, to take down the slanderous, libelous and defamatory content against the claimant.
“An order of this honourable court directing the defendant to tender unreserved apology to the claimant in five national newspapers in Nigeria over defamatory content against the claimant by the defendant which has been published on all new media platforms, including youtube.
“An order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendant, his agent, privies or assigns from further embarrassing degrading or defaming the person of the claimant.
“An order of this honourable court for the payment of exemplary and aggravated damages in the sum of five hundred million naira (N500,000,000.00) in favour of the claimant for defamation of the person of the claimant by the defendant.”