By GARBA MUHAMMAD, Kaduna
The Director General, Media, to the Governor of Nasarawa State, Mr. Yakubu Lamai, Daily Trust Newspaper and Nasarawa State Government have been dragged to court by a former staffer of Daily Trust Newspaper for alleged defamation.
The former correspondent of Daily Trust Newspapers in Nasarawa State, Ibraheem Hamza Muhammad, has taken them to court through his lawyer, Barrister M. A. Danmama, for alleged defamation of character.
At the commencement of hearing at the Nasarawa State High Court sitting at New Karu on Tuesday, the claimant said he had investigated and balanced a story which was published in the online medium of Daily Trust titled: "No single ventilator but Nasarawa buys N500m cars for lawmakers".
However, the Director General Media to the Governor of Nasarawa State, Mr. Yakubu Lamai, allegedly wrote a defamatory rejoinder titled, "Rejoinder, no single ventilator but Nasarawa buys N500m cars for lawmakers", in which he allegedly defamed the journalist.
Muhammad is pleading for the court to grant him damages of N300 million.
In their separate responses, lawyers to the 1st , 2nd and 3rd defendants, Barrister Felix Dza and E.J Ittah, and of the 4th defendant, F.C. Uzowuru, moved motions for extension of time within which to file their defence.
The motion was granted by the honourable court presided by Justice Hannatu Kabir.
The case has been adjourned till January 27, 2022.
