Gov Umahi sues People’s Gazette for reporting alleged diversion of billions of state fund

Governor David Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi State has dragged People’s Gazette, a popular online news platform, to court, demanding one billion Naira damage over alleged malicious and defamatory publications against him.

The news platform had reported that Governor Umahi allegedly transferred billions to his company, Brass Engineering & Construction Nig. Ltd., from Ebonyi treasury accounts.

Umahi who dragged the media platform to court through his lawyers, Chukwuma-machukwu ume, SAN & CO.(FIRM OF LAWYERS) requested for the following:

a) A written apology and retraction of all the falsehood published on your Peoples Gazette (on the highlighted dates), website and other internet facilities against our clients as defamed in your said publications.

b) The apology and retraction are to be aired over AIT, YouTube and the other internet/ social media network where the publications were aired as well as in two national dailies.

c) Your payment of One Billion Naira (N1, 000,000,000:00) as damages for the defamation of our clients

d) The One Billion Naira (NI, 000, 000, 000:00) is to be shared among the orphanage homes as to be directed our clients.

You have Seven (7) days from the day you receive this letter to comply else we would further our instructions of instituting a legal action against your online tabloid and its comrades in the defamatory publications.