Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has demanded N25 billion damages from the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Anthony Aziegbemi, over alleged defamation of character and libel.
Governor Okpebholo also demanded an apology from the PDP
state chairman to be published in three national dailies.
Okpebholo made the demands in a letter addressed to
Aziegbemi, dated 22 December, 2025, and signed by his lawyer, R.I.D Okezie,
Esq.
The letter is titled, “Demand for damages and apologies for
defamation of the character of the executive governor of Edo State, Senator
Monday Okpebholo’.
Okpebholo face a seven days ultimatum to the PDP state
chairman to pay the N25 billion damages and also to publish a retraction on
three national dailies.
Parts of the letter read, “Our client’s attention has
recently been drawn to a press release by you as the Factional Chairman of Edo
State PDP, Caretaker Committee on the 7th January, 2025, which has been
published by several newspapers in Nigeria and on-line news organizations
wherein you repeatedly disparaged the reputation and character of our client
and the high office he occupy in this State.
“In the said publication, you published the following words
to disparage and ridicule the good reputation and image of our client, which he
has meticulously built over the years as a responsible politician, dating back
to his days as a Senator in the Nigerian National Assembly.”
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