Former Minister files N100 billion libel suit against Malami, EFCC
Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has slammed a N100billion libel suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN).
In the suit marked CV/6273/2023, Alison-Madueke accused the EFCC and the AGF of publishing false and defamatory reports on the agency’s website and other news sites about her of being a corrupt, dishonest, degenerate, decadent public officer.”
The publications, she claimed wantonly smeared her integrity and character which are of “paramount importance to the success of her political endeavours.”
In the writ of summons filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja by Mike Ozekhome (SAN), Madueke prayed the court to order the defendants to retract the publications and tender an unreserved apology to her in three national newspapers “for the false, injurious, malicious and libelous publications” against her over the last eight years.
She is also seeking an order of the court to restrain the defendants from further distributing or in any form or manner, the same or similar offensive libelous materials or stories of or concerning her.
