The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has written to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, over an alleged defamatory publication.
Kanu, through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, stated that the AGF allegedly defamed the IPOB leader when he claimed that the latter jumped bail, and had asked for N20 billion naira for damages.
This is coming barely four days after the initial N20 billion naira suit filed by Kanu against Malami was discontinued.
The first suit dated September 23, had sought and quote “a declaration that the defendants’ arrest and imprisonment of the plaintiff I.e.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.” End quote
However, in the letter dated November 21, Kanu demanded compensation following alleged defamatory and libellous claims against him.
Kanu, through his lawyer, said Malami’s claim that he jumped bail despite a court order clearing him was libellous.
