By Damilare Adeleye
Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the President on communication and strategy, has taunted the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, over his N5billion libel suit against him.
Peter Obi, on Tuesday, hinted plans to institute a N5billio suit against Onanuga over claim that his supporters were brains behind the planned nationwide anti-hunger protests slated for August 1st.
Obi’s legal team led by Alex Ejiesieme (SAN), wrote to the presidential’s aife, demanding a retraction and apology for a publication made on his verified social media handle.
“We have our Client’s mandate to demand that you retract the statement made in the publication and tender an unreserved apology to him within 72 hours of the receipt of this letter in not less than 4 National Dailies to wit: Vanguard, This Day, Punch and the Cable, including your verified ‘X’ handle ‘@aonanuga1956’.
“Our Client also is making an unequivocal demand for monetary damage of N5,000,000,000 (Five Billion Naira) only for the embarrassment your defamatory publication has caused him and his family,” the letter read.
Understandably, Nigerians particularly the youths have announced readiness to embark on nationwide protests against the rising cost of living and economic hardship in Nigeria, scheduled between August 1 and 15.
While reacting to the threat in a post on his X handle, Onanuga said he was still waiting for the letter from Peter Obi’s lawyer as he was not afraid of any legal action.
He wrote, “I am still waiting for the letter from Peter Obi’s lawyer threatening a N5 billion suit and demanding an apology to Peter Obi over the planned ‘revolution’. Let me just tell Obi and his lawyer : I am not afraid of any legal action. We shall meet in court.”