A Federal Capital Territory High Court has awarded the sum of N4 million against former President Olusegun Obasanjo and its columnist, Sonala Olumhense. Justice Modupe Osho-Adebiyi awarded the sum of N2 million to both defendants as the cost of the action. The former President filed a lawsuit against Punch Newspaper and the columnist for alleged defamation regarding a January 27, 2019 post.
The Federal Capital Territory High Court has dismissed the N1 billion libel suit former President Olusegun Obasanjo filed against The Punch newspaper and Sonala Olumhense, a syndicated columnist, over an article they published on January 27, 2019. The court also awarded N4 million, two million each to the two defendants as a cost against the Claimant (Obasanjo).