Alleged defamation: Nnamdi Kanu sues Imo CP, demands N10bn damages

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has sued the Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Aboki Danjuma, demanding N10 billion in general damages over alleged defamation.

Kanu, in a fresh suit filed by his lawyer, Maxwell Opara, at the Abuja High Court, also demanded an award of N50 million as exemplary damages against the CP.

The IPOB leader, in the writ of summons marked: CV3179/2025, sought an award of 10 per cent post judgment interest per annum on the entire judgment sum from the date of judgment till the same is fully liquidated.

He sought a declaration that Mr Danjuma’s press release published on July 25 “attributing the gruesome killings in Imo communities to IPOB/ESN (Eastern Security Network) members is false, unsubstantiated, speculative and defamatory.”

He sought “an order of perpetual injunction, restraining the defendant whether by himself or officers of the Nigerian Police Force from further making such or similar defamatory statements.

“An order of this honourable court directing the defendant to issue a public retraction and apology to the claimant in at least two national dallies and on national television.”

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while Kanu is the claimant, Danjuma is the sole defendant in the suit dated Aug. 12 but filed Aug. 14 by Mr Opara.

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