Sahara Reporters in trouble as court orders him to pay Saraki N4 billion damage fee

Sahara Reporters in trouble as court orders him to pay Saraki N4 billion damage fee. The decision which took place at High Court in Illorin, was presided over by Justice Adeyinka Oyinloye.

According to the judge, Omoyele Sowore, who is the publisher of Sahara Reporters will have to pay the sum of N4 billion naira to the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki as damage fee over a series of defamatory publications he made against the Senate President on his news platform in 2015.

Ukridosblog, learnt that lawyer to the Senate president, Babatunde Olomu, had taken the matter to the court seeking for justice over the issue.

In the suit marked as KWS/23/2017, both Sowore and Sahara Reporters were placed as defendants in the suit, but counsel to the Senate President claimed that the defendants had fail to comply to the summon by court.

On this note, the court was left with no choice than to the following as a relief granted to Senator Saraki;

“the sum of N1 billion as general and aggravated damages for libelous words falsely, maliciously and recklessly published by the defendants of and concerning the claimant in the online issue of Sahara Reporters of October 5, 2015 under the caption “Nigeria at 55: Bukola Saraki and 83 Inmates Are Running the Asylum.

“The sum of N1 billion as general and aggravated damages for libelous words falsely, maliciously and recklessly published by the defendants of and concerning the claimant in the online issue of Sahara Reporters of Sahara Reporters of September 20, 2015 under the caption: “A polished Name for political immorality. Time for Saraki to Go!.

“The sum of N1 billion as general and aggravated damages for libelous words falsely, maliciously and recklessly published by the defendants of and concerning the claimant in the online issue of Sahara Reporters of Sahara Reporters of November 09, 2015 under the caption: “Bukola Saraki On a shopping Spree to Buy Judges…Stop Being a Clown And A Coward Man Up, face The Music”

“The sum of N1 billion as general and aggravated damages for libelous words falsely, maliciously and recklessly published by the defendants of and concerning the claimant in the online issue of Sahara Reporters of Sahara Reporters of December 1, 2015 under the caption: “Arms Contract Scandal: Senator Saraki Blackmailed CBN Officials To Pay N250 Million Hush Funds.”

“An order for injunction restraining the defendants from further writing, printing or causing to be written, printed or circulated or otherwise published of the claimant the said, or similar libel.

“An order directing the defendants to remove the offending publications from its website on the internet within three days from the date of judgment and an order directing the defendants to publish an apology to the claimant on its online newspaper and in three other daily newspapers.”