BY MARY KUYE
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is seeking redress over the defamatory publication by a blogger, Mr Jackson Ude who accused Osinbajo of collecting N4 billion from the alleged Ibrahim Magu’s loot.
Osinbajo through his lawyer has written a petition to the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, demanding the probe Ude, the publisher, Point Blank News.
Ude claimed in his publication that the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, told the investigative panel that he gave N4bn to Osinbajo.
Osinbajo said the articles were defamatory and capable of bringing him to ridicule before members of the public.
Osinbajo said: “These vicious and malicious publications are meant to achieve one objective only, to present to his readership and others (Nigerians and foreigners) that our client is a dishonest and disloyal public officer and consequently unfit for the position of Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria he is occupying.
“We are of the view that unless an action for criminal defamation is commenced against the said Mr Jackson Ude, he will continue to use his social media platform to publish materials that are false and criminally defamatory of our client’s reputation.
“In view of the above, we humbly request that you cause the above allegations made against our client to be investigated and if the suggested investigation confirms our complaint of the falsehood of these allegations, to initiate criminal proceedings pursuant to the provisions of Sections 391-395 of the Penal Code Act for criminal defamation against the said Jackson Ude.”
