Thursday 3rd
Dec., 2015
To: The President
of the Senate,
I note the social
medial censorship bill being presented in the midst of report by Saharareporters
of N60Billion allegedly received for arms deal already vehemently refuted by your Excellency Mr President in online
publication below: http://thelightnews.com/n60-billion-arms-deal-saraki-blasts-sahara-reporters-for-peddling-lies/
I have perused
your draft bill online and I see that it makes reference to an affidavit
accompanying a petition before publication online. Most online reports Sir are NOT
premised on petitions. They just write a report from information available to
them and a rejoinder and sur-rejoinder may ensue. There were hints of a lawsuit in libel against
Saharareporters on account of the N60Billion allegation and remarks that it was
not going to be practicable because Saharareporters may have no physical
presence in Nigeria but only in NYC.
I think there is
a mis-communication or mis-information. I understand from the Bar as an Activist that a colleague
did file a libel suit against Saharareorters at the FCT High Court Abuja 2015 and
the matter has been assigned to Court 32. The Bailiff was to serve the originating processes but no transport costs from… and I am
following up the lawsuit. Guess who the plaintiff is in the libel lawsuit?
The younger
brother of the Wife of Mr President, Aisha Buhari. And you want to ask what is the suit about?
Sir Saharareporters once published a report of a three hundred million bribe
allegedly collected to influence President Buhari in the allocation of an oil
bloc. His brother-in-law denied any wrong doing and denied any collection of any bribe sum and they actually instructed
lawyers to file a libel suit and I think somewhere the Lawyers waited a long
hall to proceed.
Lawyers are generally patient people whilst awaiting further instructions.
Kind regards
Attorney CN Ajie
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