Buratai is seeking N10 billion damages because according to him, Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters, a United States-based online medium, linked him to a report that the anti-graft agency, Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, found billions of currency notes in local and foreign denominations at an apartment in Abuja.
According to Buratai in suit number FCT/HC/CV/252/2022 filed through his lawyer, Dr. Reuben Atabo, SAN, Sowore and his medium should be restrained from further publishing or caused to publish any defamatory publication against him. The senior advocate prayed the court for the following reliefs: A declaration that the defendant’s publication dated 23rd day of June 2022 with the caption “EXCLUSIVE: Anti-graft Agency, ICPC Uncovers Billions in Cash Meant for Arms, Ammunition To Fight Boko Haram In Abuja Home Of Ex Chief Of Army Staff, Buratai amounts to defamation of the Claimant’s character, an order mandating the defendant to retract the said publication with a public apology which must be published in two national dailies...
Sowore declared his assets and his bank balance are not up to N50,000
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