Nnamdi Kanu’s attorney, Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has filed a ₦50 billion lawsuit against Dike Vincent, the President-General of the Oraifite Improvement Union (OIU), for defamatory publications. The lawsuit was brought before the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja.
Recently, Ejiofor had claimed that a businessman named Emeka Offor had paid Dike and a few other people to set up a press conference in an attempt to damage his character and image.
Chinwe Umeche, Esq., Head of Chambers/Managing Partner in the chambers of I.C. Ejiofor (Ugochinyere Chambers), signed the suit with the file number CV/1224/24 between Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Esq. and Mr. Vincent Dike.
Vincent Dike is being ordered by Ejiofor to publish a clear, concise, and unconditional apology in at least three national newspapers or dailies that are distributed both domestically and internationally.
moreover a general damages award of ₦50,000,0000,000.00 (fifty billion naira only) as a compensating payment for the defamatory publications;
On February 4, 2024, Mr. Vincent Dike, in his capacity as President General of the Oraifite Improvement Union, welcomed a select group of Oraifite residents and members of the press to the Oraifite Civic Center?
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It was eventually revealed that the gathering, which was intended to be called a “town hall” meeting, was actually organized primarily to spread false information about Bar. Ifeanyi Ejiofor.
Ejiofor said that Dike made numerous false, slanderous, and extremely harmful remarks about him during the press conference.
A hearing date for the lawsuit has not yet been set.
