A suspended member of the Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Emmankhu Isibor Addeh has dragged the speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Blessing Agbebaku and seven media houses to court for libel against him by Mr. Agbebaku.
In the suit filed at Federal High Court, Abuja, Addeh accused the defendants of libel in a broadcast made on May 6, 2024 during the plenary of the Edo State House of Assembly, and the re-broadcast and publication by the second to eight defendants in print, electronic, and online media on May 7, 2024 and other various dates.
He said that the defendants broadcast the said false and libelous statement wherein they said that the claimant with two other persons brought a herbalist into the House of Assembly premises to plant some charms in the premises by 1 am in the morning.
Mr. Addeh, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), representing Esan North-East 1 Constituency is praying for an order of the court for the defendants to publish a retraction of the libelous material and to pay him damages accordingly.
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