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Two Times former Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has threatened to sue the management of Media Trust Limited, publishers of Daily Trust, and other publications for an article on him by the newspaper.<\/div>\n
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A Columnist, Iliyasu Gadu, and Daily Trust had on Sunday lambasted Fani-Kayode for his conduct during a press conference in which he described a Daily Trust reporter in Calabar, Eyo Charles, as \u2018stupid\u2019 after the journalist asked, who was bankrolling his current tour of Southern states.<\/div>\n
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Gadu claimed Fani-Kayode, who attended Cambridge University, was once \u201ca drug addict\u201d and had sought rehabilitation in Ghana but \u201ctill today had not been cured of the habit\u201d.<\/p>\n

In a\u00a0 letter signed by the former minister\u2019s lawyer, Adeola Adesipe, and addressed to the Managing Director of Daily Trust, Fani-Kayode described the article as libelous and demanded an apology from the newspaper, which must be published in other national dailies.<\/p>\n

The letter reads, \u201cBe aware that our client has not only suffered an immeasurable loss of goodwill, he is currently confronted with unbearable opprobrium by his fans, followers, and colleagues across the globe.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur client is alive to his rights both in law and equity but is disposed to an opportunity to undo the evil you have done by retracting the said insalubrious remarks on the same platform it was published and apologising to him in two other national dailies.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are also advised to enter into negotiations with us for the sum of N6bn being a token amount for penitence as opposed to the magnitude of infraction caused to our client\u2019s nobility.\u201d<\/p>\n

The newspaper was given 14 days to comply with the demands in the letter or face legal action.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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