Delta State High Court in Effurun has slammed Linda Ikeji with N30 million in general damages over a defamatory publication against Africa’s Neo-Black Movement (NBM).
According to reports on Monday, the presiding judge, Justice Roli Daibo-Harriman, also awarded N300,000 in litigation costs against the Nigerian blogger.
The court also ordered Linda Ikeji to retract the defamatory publication in question from her blog.
Furthermore, Linda Ikeji, a Defendant in the EHC/210/2021 litigation, was directed not to make any further detrimental publications against the Claimants or members of the NBM of Africa.
The claimants in the action were the Registered Trustees of NBM of Africa, Ese Kakor, Felix Kupa, and Mayor Onyebueke.
The NBM of Africa and three others took Ikeji to court after she refused to honor the demand letter of retraction and apology for the libelous material published on her blog on October 19, 2021.
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