{"id":152993,"date":"2022-02-23T23:04:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T22:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=152993"},"modified":"2022-02-23T23:04:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T22:04:57","slug":"court-fixes-date-to-hear-nwaoboshis-n1bn-defamation-suit-against-onochie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/23\/court-fixes-date-to-hear-nwaoboshis-n1bn-defamation-suit-against-onochie\/","title":{"rendered":"Court fixes date to hear Nwaoboshi\u2019s N1bn defamation suit against Onochie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Justice Yusuf Halilu of an FCT High Court on Wednesday fixed May 3 to continue hearing in a N1 billion alleged defamatory suit by Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi against Ms Lauretta Onochie.<\/p>\n<p>Halilu fixed the date after the conclusion of cross-examination of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/23\/sen-nwaoboshi-reacts-to-suspension-by-pdp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nwaoboshi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nwaoboshi, Chairman of Senate Committee on NDDC in June 2020, filed a N1 billion suit against Onochie, accusing her of making defamatory posts on her social media pages on June 8.<\/p>\n<p>He is seeking N1 billion against Onochie after a Facebook post of June 8, 2020, titled \u2018NDDC- The Chicken has come home to roost.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He alleged that the post touched on<br \/>\nhis reputation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am here to protect my character. My reputation has been lowered in the eyes of right-thinking members of the public as I am portrayed as a thief without a court conviction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am here because I have been labelled, scandalised, and called all sorts of names, and I am here to clear my name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attached to the processes was the allegation on Facebook that Nwaoboshi collected a contract of N3.6 billion through his companies for the provision of 4,800 plastic desks and chairs for primary and secondary schools in nine states of Niger Delta in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Onochie however, objected to the claims, arguing that the statements were not signed by her, and that the lawmaker does not have her Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>Nwaoboshi in his prayers, urged the court to declare that \u2018the defendant\u2019s post\/publication of June 8, 2020, posted\/published on her Facebook page Lauretta Onochie captioned: \u201cNDDC: The Chicken Comes Home To Roost\u201d, amounts to libel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn order of this Honourable Court awarding the sum of N1billion only, to the claimant as general damages against the defendant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendant, her agents, servants, privies and any other person howsoever described, acting for and on her behalf, from further publishing\/posting any other false and damaging publication in respect of the claimant.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justice Yusuf Halilu of an FCT High Court on Wednesday fixed May 3 to continue hearing in a N1 billion alleged defamatory suit by Sen. 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