On Friday, the Supreme Court dismissed a suit filed by Dakuku Peterside, the former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), seeking to set aside N6 billion in damages awarded against him for defaming the character of Dr Peter Odili, the former Governor of Rivers State.
The Peterside’s appeal was denied for lack of merit in a ruling written by Justice Adamu Augie but delivered by Justice Adamu Jauro.
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The Supreme Court confirmed the lower courts’ rulings, which included a punishment of N6 billion to be paid to Odili as reparation for his defamed reputation.
Odili sued Peterside in October 2016, seeking N6 billion in damages for defamation of character.
In the suit, the former Rivers State Governor had claimed that Peterside, during a press conference in Port Harcourt, defamed him in his allegations that Governor Nyesom Wike’s Supreme Court victory was hatched by him.
This allegation was made on the fact that the wife of Mr Odili, Mrs Mary Ukaego Odili is a Supreme Court justice.
Details later.
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