Governor Nasir El-Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna state, has filed defamation suits against former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chidi Odinkalu and a former media aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri. He is seeking N500 million in compensation and an apology to be published in the newspaper.
The suits filed before a high court of the federal capital territory, reveals that, THISDAY, Daniel Elombah, Elombah Communications, Joseph Onu and Auta Nyada were also joined as defendants by the Governor. The Governor in a suit claimed that statements in a publication titled: “El Rufai’s email saying southern women youth corpers are seen as whores,” published by THISDAY on June 14, 2020, is injurious to his reputation.
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