{"id":70723,"date":"2019-12-04T22:44:38","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T21:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=70723"},"modified":"2019-12-04T22:44:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T21:44:38","slug":"atiku-files-n2-5bn-libel-suit-against-buharis-aide-lauretta-onochie-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/atiku-files-n2-5bn-libel-suit-against-buharis-aide-lauretta-onochie-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Atiku Files N2.5bn Libel Suit Against Buhari\u2019s Aide, Lauretta Onochie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m-7140378191228748248\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">Former Vice President tiku Abubakar has made good his threat to institute a N2.5bn libel against a Presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie over an alleged libellous publication.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Atiku was at the Registry of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama where he formally deposed to his own witness statement on Oath before the Commissioner for Oaths to kick-start the libel suit against Onochie, an aide of President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku, who was the candidate of the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23, 2019, presidential election, had in May this year threatened legal action against Onochie, who is the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media.<\/p>\n<p>The legal action was in connection to a publication wherein, Onochie on her twitter handled, alleged that Atiku is on the watch list of security operatives in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for alleged criminal matters.<\/p>\n<p>Onochie in the said publication of May 7, 2019, also accused Atiku of shopping for terrorists in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAtiku on UAE watchlist \u2013 security sources; Security operatives in the United Arab Emirates are keeping a close tab on a former Nigerian Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, who has been in Middle East nation for several weeks now. 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Me: shopping for terrorists?<\/p>\n<p>The PDP presidential candidate insisted that there is no iota of truth in the said publication which is beginning to affect public perception of his person, adding that, the publication since it was made has caused him national and international backlash and embarrassment as well as incalculable damages.<\/p>\n<p>This move was confirmed to Channels TV by his lawyer, Mike Ozekhome who described Onochie\u2019s statement as not only vile and denigrating but a calculated attempt to disparage his person in the eyes of right-thinking members of the public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President tiku Abubakar has made good his threat to institute a N2.5bn libel against a Presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie over an alleged libellous publication. 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