By Mike ALADENIKA.
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The former Senator representing Edo North district at the National Assembly Senator Yisa Braimoh has instituted a N 5billon libel suit at an Abuja High court against three factional members of the Edo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP over the use of unguided statement in a WhatsApp platform.
The defendants in the suit marked FCT/HC/CV/1025/2022 are
Omobumhe Bobmanuel Umaru (aka Jesus Army), Osilame Okuofu and Boniface Pascal Ugbome.
When the case came up for mention, the 1st and 3rd defendants were represented by Johnson Bolade while the 2nd defendant was neither in court or represented by counsel.
Following the development, Justice Idris Abubakar Kutigi sitting in Jabi division of the court adjourned proceedings to October 27, 2022, for the claimant to settle the issue of service on the 2nd defendant.
Meanwhile, the judge has granted the request of the claimant for an accelerated trial of defamation suit.
In a originating summons dated March 29, 2022 and filed by his counsel, Musa Isiaka, Senator Braimoh who represented Edo North Senatorial district at the 6th Senate, is seeking a perpetual restraining order against the defendants from further publishing defamatory words against him and members of his family.
He equally prayed the court to for an order mandating the defendants to publish a public apology on the full pages of two widely recognized national dailies and on all the political platforms to which he and the defendants jointly belong.
Besides the sum of N5 billion damages, the former federal law maker and a top ranking member of the PDP in Edo State is pressing for N5 million against the defendants as cost of prosecuting the suit.
In his statement of claim, he averred that he and the defendants jointly belonged to several PDP social media political platforms including PDP Unity League Platform, a group with a membership strength of 200 people.
Notable members of the PDP Unity League platform include Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, his deputy, Hon. Philip Shaibu, the Secretary to the Edo State Government(SSG), Barr. Osarodum Ozie, Sen. Ehegieuzamere, Sen. Victor Oyofo, Rt. Hon. Tunde Akogun, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, Chief Dan Orbih, Sen.R.S. Owie, Chief Mike Oghiadomeh and Chief Lucky Igbenodion among several others.
He told that the 1st defendant, Omobumhe Umoru, who is a registered member of the PDP Unity League Platform, has arrogantly progressed without restraint, in his constant and unprovoked attacks on his person and his family and has caused irremediable reputational damages to him and his family.
Whereas the 1st defendant is a registered member of several PDP social media platforms including PDP Unity League platform, the 2nd defendant is the Chief Administrative Officer of the PDP Unity League platform, while the 3rd defendant is the forum/platform Chairman of the group respectively.
In addition, he stated that the 2nd and 3rd defendants possessed the powers to determine who is added and removed from the platform including carrying out disciplinary powers against erring members of the platform.
Specifically, he said Umoru (1st defendant) had on January 15, 2022 published some offensive and defamatory words against him and his family, on the PDP Unity League platform as follows:
"God bless you my brother. Senator Yisa Braimoh should have pushed for a refined and better option, this daughter of his is too loose to occupy the office she is gifted with. Obaseki is a promoter of cluelessness, anyway what do you expect.
" And that mumu doing the commentary is talking about English, when has talking through the nose, become a mystery of the use of English diction, olodo.
"I heard her shouting 'Sen. Yisa Braimoh's daughter' who cares who her father is, what can you remember Sen. Yisa Braimoh for, aside wearing his cap crested with bold 'B' and sleeping during plenary? I do not know why this poor minds always have clappers.
In addition to the above, the claimant stated that the
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