Barely 12 hours after Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo petitioned VANGUARD newspaper over reports on alleged N90bn FIRS fund, he has forwarded another petition to Google Nigeria, demanding a removal of a video shared on the YouTube channel of Roots TV.
In a petition written by Femi Atoyebi & Co, solicitors on behalf of the professor and senior pastor of RCCG, they described the video as defamatory and would be seeking a legal redress if the said video is not removed. This comes up after VANGUARD newspaper has tendered an apology for the alleged report after the petition issued by Femi Falana Chambers.
The statement reads thus;
“It is our understanding that you have provided a platform through which an account holder named RootsTV Nigeria, an online news platform that is available through this link… is able to continuously broadcast defamatory contents,” the letter read.
“In the broadcast published on the accounts of RootsTV Nigeria on September 20, 2019, the following incorrect statements and untruths were made:
“a. Our Client was stacking up public funds from agencies directly under his supervision, with a strong insinuation that the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) was the principal organ by which the alleged fraud was perpetrated.
“b. Our Client was unable to explain the alleged imbalance and discrepancies on the account of the FIRS on the interrogation of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Abba Kyari.
“c. Our Client was unable to explain the alleged failed disbursement to all beneficiaries under the Social Investment Programme of the Federal Government in Adamawa State.
“Our Client, therefore, demands that you immediately remove and/or suspend the publication/broadcast of the defamatory publication on the account of RootsTV Nigeria on the platform of YouTube.”
