The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has filed an N20 billion suit against the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami. In the lawsuit filed by his counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu said that the AGF defamed him when he claimed that he jumped bail, and had asked for N20bn for damages. This fresh suit comes barely four days after the initial N20bn suit filed by Kanu against Malami was discontinued. The first suit dated September 23, had sought “a declaration that the defendant’s arrest and imprisonment of the plaintiff (Kanu) at a location in Kenya and the subsequent imprisonment of the plaintiff in the aircraft that conveyed him from Kenya to Nigeria amounted to false arrest and false imprisonment.” However, in the latest suit dated November 21, Kanu demanded compensation following alleged defamatory and libellous claims against him. The suit was contained in a letter sent to Malami titled, “RE: Pre-action notice a...
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