{"id":116874,"date":"2025-03-26T14:09:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T13:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=116874"},"modified":"2025-03-26T14:21:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T13:21:06","slug":"newspaper-publisher-obaigbena-blackmailing-judges-over-frozen-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/newspaper-publisher-obaigbena-blackmailing-judges-over-frozen-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"Newspaper Publisher,\u00a0 Obaigbena Blackmailing Judges Over Frozen Assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Bayo Davids, Abuja<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Media mogul and publisher of Thisday Newspaper, Nduka Obaigbena has been accused of blackmailing High Court judges in a bid to unfreeze accounts linked to him and release his seized vessel, in compliance with a court order.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recall that Nigeria&#8217;s Money Deposit Bank, First Bank Nigeria Plcon December 30,\u00a0 2024 obtained injunctions against Obaigbena and his family, freezing all his account and stopping him from using monies due to First Bank to finance his flamboyant lifestyle.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a post on his veried X handle on Wednesday, Florida-based Nigerian publisher, Mr Jackson Ude said &#8220;A broke Obaigbena has now started blackmailing judges, threatening them with exposure of their corrupt dealings should his accounts remain frozen or continue to lose his several court cases.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">He wrote,\u00a0 &#8220;Of particular interests to him is the Court ordered seizure of TAMARA TOKO\u039d\u0399 (\u0399\u039c\u039f: 8302131), a Floating Storage\/Production Vessel.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;He has been calling the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Terhemba Tsoho, threatening to expose him and his corrupt practices. 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