Popular Nigerian musician, Onyeka Onwenu has won a N750 million
libel suit brought before a Lagos State High Court by the chairman,
Board of Copyright Society of Nigeria, Tony Okoroji.
Okoroji had instituted a court action against Onwenu for being
responsible for an article in the Vanguard Newspapers of October 14,
2011 which he said was a deliberate attempt to malign him in the eye of
right thinking members of the public.
In the report, it was alleged that Okoroji diverted N3 million that was donated by the Cross Rivers state government for the final burial of the late Nigerian musician, Essien Igbokwe.
The report was published after Onwenu sent an email to the members of late Igbokwe burial committee where she had alleged that Okoroji diverted the fund into his personal bank account.The claimant and the defendant both served in the Igbokwe’s final burial committee.
In the suit, Okoroji sought for an order to compel Onwenu to pay him N750 million for general damages and to tender a full page “unreserved apology to be published in every edition of The Vanguard and The Guardian for seven consecutive days.”
In the report, it was alleged that Okoroji diverted N3 million that was donated by the Cross Rivers state government for the final burial of the late Nigerian musician, Essien Igbokwe.
The report was published after Onwenu sent an email to the members of late Igbokwe burial committee where she had alleged that Okoroji diverted the fund into his personal bank account.The claimant and the defendant both served in the Igbokwe’s final burial committee.
In the suit, Okoroji sought for an order to compel Onwenu to pay him N750 million for general damages and to tender a full page “unreserved apology to be published in every edition of The Vanguard and The Guardian for seven consecutive days.”
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