Gani Adams says he is ready to face Sunday Igboho over alleged N50m pay out
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Gani Adams says he is ready to face Sunday Igboho (born Sunday Adeyemo) in court over allegations which include Igboho collected N50 million from President Bola Tinubu through a middleman to kill Adams, a fellow advocate for a Yoruba Nation.
Igboho on Thursday instituted a case of defamation of character against Adams at an Ibadan High Court.
But Adams’ Special Media Assistant on Media Kehinde Aderemi told The PUNCH his principal “was never served any process. The legal team of [Adams] will handle the matter. Immediately we receive court process, there will be a response.”
Ighoho had complained about a viral voice note in which Adams is heard allegedly saying that the Chief of Staff to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Tayo Ayinde, on behalf of Tinubu hired Igboho to assassination Adams.
In the voice note, Adams is allegedly heard saying in Yoruba language: “So, be careful associating with Igboho. Just last night, he was with Tayo Ayinde, the Lagos State Governor’s Chief of Staff. He was heavily paid.
“You know that I have an extensive intelligence network as Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland. Until about 2.45am, he was with Tayo Ayinde, the Lagos State Governor’s Chief of Staff, who Tinubu also uses in Lagos to coordinate the execution of his evil machinations. He has been doing work of that nature for Tinubu since his days in the SSS.
“Tayo Ayinde gave N45m in cash to Igboho for the operation, thus shortchanging Igboho to the tune of N5m out of the N50m purse provided by Tinubu. The discovery of this has brewed disenchantment in their midst.”
Igboho through his lawyers demanded a retraction of the claim and an apology, which Adams reacted to through his own lawyers by saying his voice on the tape was distorted and the allegations were mere rumours which he [Adams] himself thought were not believable.
But Adams did not deny the disclosures on the tape or apologise for them.
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Igboho’s lawsuit claims
Igboho’s lawsuit seeks, among other:
“A declaration that the content of an audio clip between the defendant (Adams) and a third party named Nuru Banjo that took place sometime in November 2021 and further published on all new media platforms, including YouTube, is slanderous, libelous and defamatory.
“A declaration that it is unlawful, inappropriate and inexcusable for the defendant to defame, disparage and put to disrepute the character and reputation of the claimant (Igboho) in an audio clip published on all new media platforms, including YouTube, in a publication that took place between the defendant and a third party, Nuru Banjo, sometime in November 2021 or thereabout.
“An order of this honourable court directing the defendant to publicly retract the slanderous, libelous and defamatory content contained in the publication to Nuru Banjo which was further published on all new media platforms, including YouTube, where the claimant was defamed, maligned and disparaged by the defendant in the conversation published in November 2021 by the defendant.
“An order of this honourable court directing the defendant to engage all new media platforms, including YouTube, to take down the slanderous, libelous and defamatory content against the claimant.
“An order of this honourable court directing the defendant to tender an unreserved apology to the claimant in five national newspapers in Nigeria over defamatory content against the claimant by the defendant which has been published on all new media platforms, including YouTube.”
Igboho also asked the court to:
“Perpetually restrain [Adams], his agents, privies or assigns from further embarrassing, degrading or defaming the person of the claimant.
Give “an order of this honourable court for the payment of exemplary and aggravated damages in the sum of N500,000,000 in favour of the claimant for defamation of the person of the claimant by the defendant.”
The cost of litigation was put at N10 million.
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