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Court Orders VeryDarkMan To Remove Videos Over Opinion On Falz, Femi Falana
https://osazuwaakonedo.news/court-orders-verydarkman-to-remove-videos-over-opinion-on-falz-femi-falana/16/10/2024/
#Issues #Bobrisky #Falana #Falz #VeryDarkMan ©October 16th, 2024 ®October 16, 2024 9:35 am Before the commencement of trial and court proceedings in a lawsuit filed by Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN and a popular human rights lawyer against Martins Otse aka VeryDarkMan who pride himself as Online Police, a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has issued a pre-trial order, asking VeryDarkMan to remove the videos and comments he made on social media platforms in which VeryDarkMan expressed his own opinion about Femi Falana and his son, Folarin Falana aka Falz over their alleged conspiracy with a crossdresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky to undermine Nigeria legal system. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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before the commencement of trial and
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Court proceedings in a lawsuit filed by
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FY feno a senior advocate of Nigeria s
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and a popular human rights lawyer
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against Martin o AKA verman who pred
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himself as online police a federal High
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Court sit in Lego state has issued a
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pre-trial order asking veran to remove
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the videos and comments he made on
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social media Platforms in which verman
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expressed his own opinion about F feno
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and his son forar Fano AKA over their
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alleged conspiracy with a crossdresser
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Idris Okun AKA biski to undermine
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Nigeria legal system the CT asking
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verman to remove the entire video which
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parts contain alleged self-con fessional
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voice message of biski which the audio
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voice has become an issue of public
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interest and importance the action of
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the cult maybe seen as eding and abating
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parties whose names were mentioned in
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the audio voice messaged cover of public
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truth or delay public rights to know the
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RO of the court on the ground of Common
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Sense may be a clear case of judicial
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oppression and intimidation of a person
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of public informat or a source of public
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information because F fallo in the
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pre-action lawsuit apparently is not
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challenging the authenticity of the
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audio message if it was original or
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fabricated but he appears to have only
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Seck legal interpretations to the
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fundamental rights of freedom of
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expression of verman to express his own
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personal opinion as a result of the
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contents of the audio message message
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barisi who is the suspected person to be
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the original owner of the voice in the
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audio message have refused to honor
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Nigerian lawmakers the National Assembly
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invitation to investigate the
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authenticity of the audio recording
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rather he chose to be represented by
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proxy through his lawyer an action that
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has infuriated the lawmakers we are not
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aware of any report that biski has filed
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Court's action against verman
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challenging the authenticity of the
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audio message
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verman had on September 24th 2024
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released an audio recording with a voice
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that apparently looked like that of Bob
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riski saying in the audio that he
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allegedly paid money to FY fareno to
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process State pardon and gained other
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special treatment at the Nigeria
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Correctional service when he was Jed 6
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months for niron mutilation and abuse
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ver that man in his own opinion when he
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met the audio public said he would feel
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disappointed if truly f feno and fils
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were actually involved in the
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allegations raised in the likely
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self-con fessional audio voice of biski
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the federal high court in Legos on
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Monday issued an interim order
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restraining Martin Vincent o'she known
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as very Darkman to remove the videos and
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prohibited him from further publishing
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the content about the human rights
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lawyer FY feno son the court directed
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very dman his agents and any Associates
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to remove the fatory videos and comments
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posted on September 24th 2024 across all
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his social media platforms Justice l o
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Dau granted the order on Monday pending
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Alis compliance with the pre-action
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protocol of the Court the ruling comes
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in response to a lawsuit numbered ID at
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586 GCM 2024 filed by feno against
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bman Justice Dau granted the applicant's
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prayer seeking the following reliefs an
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order of interim preemptive Remedy by
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this honorable Court restraining the
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defendant his agents pries and or anyone
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from further circulating or publishing
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any defamatory videos comments about the
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applicant and to remove the defamatory
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videos comments published on the 24th of
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September 2024 from all his online
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social media handles Pages pending
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compliance with the pre-action protocol
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of this honorable Court an order
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granting leave to the applicant to serve
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the
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pre-action bnds originating processes
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and all other court processes between
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parties hering on the defendant by
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substituted means through his lawyer Dej
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ad Esquire of deji AD and Partners at
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terce blog D4 white diamond estate maku
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Street of U Street of AMU W to Abuja
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such further orders as this honorable
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Court May fit to make in the
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circumstances of this ex party
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application meanwhile the notice stated
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that the grounds upon which this
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application is brought out the claimant
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applicant is a legal practitioner a
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senior advocate of Nigeria a former
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National president of the committee for
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the defense of Human Rights and a former
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president of the West African Bar
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Association the defendant is a social
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media Entertainer known on XA formerly
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Twitter as at and on Instagram app as at
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ver Blackman the coach ring reads the
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defendant published a video on September
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25th 2024 on his Instagram handle at
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veran Blackman where he made unsolicited
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comments these in everything and
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everyone that is mentioned here I will
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be disappointed if truly fs and his
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father are involved in this whole biski
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issue F guy contacted biski and
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contacted his father Fe feno spoke to
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biski in order to divert Justice a whole
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Fe feno will engage himself in something
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like this all right based on this first
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voice note biski is saying that F Fallen
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collected 10 million nairas in order to
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wipe his name of the record these are
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people I respected so you can also be
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involved in things like these I have
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lost 100% respect for these for now I
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take take what biski said as the truth
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in his ruling Justice theu judge said
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the applicant has a legal right to be
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protected from being defended by the
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actions of the defendant whether this
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action will succeed can only be
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determined during the hearing of the
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matter there is no doubt that the
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applicant has a legal right not to be
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defended and has proved the possible
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existence of a breach of same through
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the depositions in his affidavit see a
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CLE hakeim Habib
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1992 6n wlr part 247 page
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266 from the affid evidence and the
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documents in support thereof it is clear
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that there are substantial issues to be
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tried in this matter the violance of
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convenience seems to be in favor of the
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applicant and damages might not be
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adequate compensation especially more so
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that the defendant might not be in good
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Financial standing to compens the
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applicant if the court finds in his
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favor from the foregoing this court
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finds that the applicant has satisfied
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the conditions stated in Adel versus
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laal Supra C also ad works construction
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Nigeria limited versus Amin 2004 6n wlr
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part 870 page
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650 a vus Sara Industries limited 1992
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one end of
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wlr in addition to the order for
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preemptive remedy the applicant is also
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seeking leave of court to serve the
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defendant with the pre-action bundles
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originating processes and all other
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court processes between Parties by
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substituted means through his lawyer DJI
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ad esqu of DJI Adu and Partners at ter
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blog D4 white diamond estate Mar Street
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of Ambu Street of aminu was to Abuja
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it's noted that the reason why the
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defendant verman should be served
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through his lawyer is because he is not
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known to have any verifiable physical
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address except that he is very active on
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social media platforms the judge ruled
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the defendant his agents and prev are
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hereby restrained from further releasing
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publishing or circulating any defamatory
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videos comments about the applicant and
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to bring down the defamatory video
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comments about the applicant published
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on the 24th of September 2024 on all his
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online social media handles Pages
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pending compliance with the pre-action
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protocol of this honorable courts leave
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is hereby granted to the applicants to
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serve the pre-action bundles originating
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processes and all other court processes
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between parties hearing on the defendant
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by substituted means through his lawyer
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Dej
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adq of Dej and Partners at terce blob D4
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white diamond estate Mar Street of U
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Street of aminu w to Abuja the applicant
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must file and sell the pre-action
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bundles originating processes and other
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accompanying processes on the defendant
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within 14 days from today the order in
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one above shall last after 21 days from
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today the judge added in the pre-action
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notice filed on September 30th
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2024 f feno s through his
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councel Akin Esquire wrote to ver dman
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requesting that he publish an apology to
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the claimant on all his social media
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handles Pages for the defamatory
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statements made in the video in question
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the notice also Demands a full
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retraction of the statements and the
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removal of all offensive videos from
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online platforms according to Akin Mr
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feno has been inundated with calls
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messages and physical visits from
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countless individuals and corporate
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bodies all over the world who read
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viewed or listen to your mandes Reckless
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and offensive publication and expressed
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profound dismay and displeasure with the
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alleged misconduct in the publication
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and the have all threaten to
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disassociate from him unless he clears
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his name through a court of law the
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notice said Your Action was motivated by
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economic gains that you will derive from
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the rless Thoughtless and false
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publication of the offensive and Li
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video and statement while pretending to
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run a commentary on a purported
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unverified audio recording of a private
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one-sided phone narrative allegedly by a
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biski we have seen and read your
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solicitors deji andu and partners
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response through a letter also dated
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September 25th 2024 posted online
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whereing you confirmed the publication
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of the defamatory video containing the
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offensive words but fut attempted to
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delay the fine our whom was described as
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a renowned senior advocate of Nigeria
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and globally recognized human rights
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activist you have failed to Tender an
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unreserved apology and a full retraction
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of the defamatory video till date s
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continues to be viewed by your millions
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of online followers and is trending all
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over the world till this moment you know
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or ought reasonably to know that the
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content of the said publication by you
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is false Reckless and Li belose we
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position that our client consider
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litigation only as a last result and is
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not Advanced to an amicable resolution
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via any alternative dispute resolution
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method you deem suitable in the
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circumstance we request that you publish
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an apology to the claimant on all your
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social media handles Pages for the
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defamatory words contained in the video
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complained of and a full retraction of
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Sam including bringing all the offensive
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videos down online you restrain your
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online followers agents or servants or
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otherwise from further publishing or
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causing to be published the said similar
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words videos defamatory to the claimant
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payment of the sum of 500 million Naas
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500 million naira only as damages for
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the deformation of character contained
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in the online publication of September
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24th
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2024 bringing youth the needs in a more
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Digital Way
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