Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has instituted a N1.5 billion suit against the Peoples Democratic Party, its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olisa Metuh, and ThisDay newspaper before a High Court in the FCT.
Mallam El-Rufai accused Mr. Metuh of authoring a defamatory statement, on behalf of the PDP, linking him and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Boko Haram insurgency. He added that in a separate publication, Mr. Metuh claimed that he collected N5billion as consultancy fee from the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi.
Mallam El-Rufai claimed that the publications caused irreparable injury against him and damaged his hard-earned reputation.
He is seeking an order awarding N1billion as general damages against Metuh and PDP. He is further seeking an order awarding additional N500 million as general damages jointly and severally against the three defendants.
The case has been adjourned till 5 June for mention before Justice Abubakar Talba.
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