{"id":36521,"date":"2015-03-02T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=36521"},"modified":"2015-03-03T05:03:16","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T04:03:16","slug":"tinubu-drags-ait-court-demands-n20-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/tinubu-drags-ait-court-demands-n20-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Drags AIT To Court, Demands N20 Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"

All Progressives Congress National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set<\/p>\n

to sue the management of the Daar Communications Limited, owners of the
\nAfrica Independent Television, AIT for the defamatory content of a
\ndocumentary aired on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Counsel to Asiwaju Tinubu, Mr. Tunji Abayomi, said a letter asking Daar
\nCommunications to apologise for the content and stop further airing was
\ndelivered this afternoon.<\/p>\n

A part of the letter to AIT reads, ” … You aired an hour long
\ndocumentary focussing on our client (Bola Tinubu). Clearly pre-occupied
\nwith political resentment and hatred neither warranted, necessary, proper,
\nor justified, you published several false allegations against our
\nclient…More disturbing is your misrepresentation that the said
\ndocumentary was “sponsored” without disclosing the “sponsors”. You cannot
\nunder law, hide under media freedom to maliciously injure a citizen’s
\nreputation”.<\/p>\n

The letter also demanded for N20billion (Twenty Billion Naira) as cost of
\ndamage done to the reputation of its client failing which the client will
\nsue the company.<\/p>\n

Another part of the letter reads: “\u2026to affirm the right of our client
\nagainst your defamatory publication, we demand that you confirm to us
\nwithin 24 hours of receipt of this letter, an apology and retraction of
\nthe said publication\/documentary.”<\/p>\n

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