Buratai Sues Sahara Reporters For N10b Over Defamatory Publication

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4>Buratai Sues Sahara Reporters For N10b Over Defamatory Publication<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4>OpenLife Nigeria has gathered that<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sahara Reporters has been asked to pay N10bn for publishing a story against former Chief of Army Staff &lpar;COAS&rpar;&comma; Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai&comma; Ret&&num;8217&semi;d&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He filed a suit against the online newspaper over a report linking him to a N1&period;85 billion recovered loot&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In the suit with number FCT&sol;HC&sol;CV&sol;252&sol;2022 filed by his lawyer&comma; Dr Reuben Atabo &lpar;SAN&rpar;&comma; Buratai asked the FCT High Court to declare the Sahara Reporters’ publication captioned&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Exclusive&colon; Anti-graft agency&comma; ICPC uncovers billions in cash meant for arms&comma; ammunition to fight Boko Haram in Abuja home of ex-Chief of Army Staff&comma; Buratai” of June 23&comma; 2022 as pure defamation of character&period; The ex-COAS wants the court to award him the sum of N10 billion in general and aggravated damages over the use of libellous words in the publication of the online platform&period;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>He further demanded an order of the court compelling the newspaper to publish a retraction and an apology in two national dailies and its online platform &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;where the defamatory publication was made&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Buratai&comma; who was appointed Nigeria’s ambassador to the Benin Republic after he retired from the army&comma; averred that the publication damaged his reputation after he diligently served Nigeria in various capacities and was awarded various meritorious honours for his distinguished service&period; No date has been fixed for the hearing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;