{"id":66770,"date":"2019-05-19T22:15:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T21:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=66770"},"modified":"2019-05-19T22:15:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T21:15:15","slug":"atiku-demands-n500million-from-buharis-aide-for-malicious-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/atiku-demands-n500million-from-buharis-aide-for-malicious-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"Atiku Demands N500million From Buhari\u2019s Aide For Malicious Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Presidential candidate of the People\u2019s Democratic Party, PDP, and former Vice President\u00a0Atiku Abubakar, \u00a0has threatened to file a N2billion lawsuit against Lauretta Onochie, the Special Assistant on social media to President Muhammadu Buhari, for maligning him through the spread of malicious “lies”.<\/p>\n

In the alternative, Atiku, through his lawyer, asked Onochie to, among others, pay the sum of N500m and tender a written apology and a retraction of the malicious statement.<\/p>\n

In Atiku\u2019s letter which was addressed to Onochie and signed by his lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), the former Vice-President expressed disgust with Onochie\u2019s post on Twitter in which she claimed that that is Atiku on United Arab Emirates\u2019s watchlist.<\/p>\n

Onochie posted the tweet on May 7.<\/p>\n

Atiku on UAE watchlist- Security sources<\/p>\n

Security operatives in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are keeping a close tab on a former Nigerian Vice Pres Atiku Abubakar who has been in the Middle East nation for several weeks now
\nWhat is he doing there?<\/p>\n

Me: Shopping for Terrorists?<\/p>\n

Me: Shopping for Terrorists?\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/ 4EBccZadfi<\/p>\n

\u2014 Lauretta Onochie (@Laurestar)\u00a0May 7, 2019<\/p>\n

However, the former Vice President denied having been on any watchlist, he challenged Onochie to substantiate her claim.<\/p>\n

The presidential candidate asked Onochie to publish a retraction in six national newspapers and one international daily as well as on social media and also pay N500m into the bargain.<\/p>\n

Ozekhome\u2019s letter reads in part: \u201cWe have our client\u2019s instructions to demand and we hereby demand from you the following: That you publish and tender a written retraction and apology for the said libellous publication in six national dailies circulating in Nigeria and one international daily as well as on all social media platforms wherein the said publication was made.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat you pay to our client through the firm, the sum of N500,000,000 only, representing minimal damages to assuage his already battered image wholly caused by your said defamatory publication.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake notice that if you fail or refuse to accede to our modest demands within the next 48 hours from the date of this letter, we shall be compelled to activate the full weight of the legal machinery against you without any further recourse to you<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shall be, in such a suit, claiming against you the sum of N2bn, representing exemplary aggravated and punitive damages.\u201d<\/p>\n

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