Thursday, May 04, 2017

Court Orders El-Rufai To Pay N10,000 Libel To PDP's Ex-Spokesman, Olisa Metuh |PoliFocus

A Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, has fined the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai for failing to produce his witness in a libel case against former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh.



The governor had filed a N1.5bn suit against the former PDP spokesman for linking him to Boko Haram in 2014.

Describing the action of the governor as an abuse of court process, Nwosu prayed the court not to entertain such.

He also urged the court to compel the governor to produce his witness or immediately close the case.

He also asked the court to award a cost of N150,000 in favour of his client.

Justice Abubakar Talba, while ruling on the matter awarded a cost of N10,000 in favour of Metuh.

Talba, consequently adjourned the matter till July 5.

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