The former member of the House of Representatives said in a letter addressed to the media company by his lawyers, that the online newspaper’s attack against his person was evident in a publication dated August 14, 2020.
Ned Nwoko
Nigerian lawyer, businessman and philanthropist, Ned Nwoko is demanding the sum of N10 billion as damages from Sahara Reporters for its alleged defamatory reports about him on their media platform.
Mr Nwoko, a former member of the House of Representatives, said in a letter addressed to the media company by his lawyers at Rolls law firm, that the online newspaper’s attack against his person was evident in a publication dated August 14, 2020 and captioned, “How Ned Nwoko Humiliated Monarch, Asked Police To Dig Up Palace.”
“You maliciously and falsely stated that Ned Nwoko, a former federal lawmaker from Delta State, ‘Ordered the arrest of Prince Chukwunonso Nwoko, monarch of the town, and subsequently asked the police to ransack his palace,’” the letter dated December 20, 2021 and signed by Onyeka Nwokolo read.
