{"id":36580,"date":"2015-03-04T10:31:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T09:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=36580"},"modified":"2015-03-04T10:31:37","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T09:31:37","slug":"libel-fani-kayode-threatens-sue-lai-mohammed-n5-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/libel-fani-kayode-threatens-sue-lai-mohammed-n5-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Libel: Fani-Kayode threatens to \u00a0sue Lai Mohammed for N5 Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color: #666666;\">\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div>The Peoples\u2019 Democratic Party\u2019s\u00a0 Presidential Campaign spokesman, Femi Fani-Kayode has threatened to \u00a0slam a N5 Billion libel suit on the spokesman for the All Progressive Congress, Lai Mohammed over some defamatory remarks.<\/div>\n<p>Mohammed had alleged in a story published in the Nation Newspapers, and few others on March 3, 2015,\u00a0 that\u00a0 Fani- Kayode has mental illness, and that he abuses drugs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He had said \u201d \u2026We are seriously concerned that Mr Fani-Kayode may have unhinged , perhaps as a result of a relapse into an unhealthy lifestyle of substance abuse.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A letter to Mohammed by his attorneys, Ahmed Raji and Co, dated March 3, 2015, said \u201d we demand that you withdraw the said statement and render an apology to our client within seven\u00a0 (7) days of receipt of this letter\u201d\u00a0 You are also to enter into negotiation for damages as we have firm instructions to claim N5 Billion damages against you\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Laimu-003.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36562\" 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