Iyiola Omisore, a senator from Osun State, has dragged Punch Nigeria Limited and two others before a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, for having purportedly published a ‘libellous article' and he is asking for the sum of N1 billion jointly and severally from the respondents.

Mr. Omisore joined the Editor of Punch Nigeria Limited and a certain Kola Ibrahim, who allegedly wrote the article titled ‘Osun State Election Is A Farce', as co-defendants in the suit.

While the article was said to have been published on 27 April 27, Mr. Omisore said the publication has brought hatred, doubt, shame and loss of good reputation as well as loss of self-esteem.

‘The Master Rigger'

Accordingly, the senator is claiming that the article inferred that he is a master election rigger who won his senatorial seat by dubious means; also, that he is a notorious murderer and terrorist who could and indeed kill with impunity, as well as has no value for human lives among a host of other defaming inferences.

Consequently the claimant asked for a court injunction restraining The Punch Newspapers from further "printing, writing or calculating or causing to be written, printed or calculated or otherwise publishing of the plaintiff the said or similar libel." In addition, he asked for a sum of N1,000,000,000.00 (one billion naira) severally and jointly as damages.

While the matter came up before Olaide Olayinka on Thursday, the court could not proceed with the trial as was earlier scheduled because the lead counsel to The Punch Newspapers was absent, as he was said to be indisposed, according to the junior counsel, Saheed Sodiq.

The matter was adjourned to 15 April, 2010 for mention by the presiding judge who noted that the redeployment in the Lagos judiciary was one of the reasons for the adjournment, since the matter will likely be reassigned to a new judge, who will be moving to the Ikorodu division.

"This is a fresh matter where parties have agreed on today for definite trial," Mr. Olayinka said. "However in view of the deployment, the court will give a date for mention."

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http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/Metro/Crime/5542880-146/omisore_sues_the_punch_for_n1bn.csp

the dude went staright for the ballz!

I bet Punch will not be reporting this news

violent:

the dude went staright for the ballz!

I bet Punch will not be reporting this news

Why will they ?

violent:

the dude went staright for the ballz!

I bet Punch will not be reporting this news

Lol

THEY ARE YET TO PUBLISH THE PETITION BROUGHT IN BY THEIR FORMER SACKED EDITOR STEVE AYORINDE AGAINST  AZU THE ED (PUBLICATION)  . NIGERIAN PRESS ACT AS IF THEY ARE  HLOLIER THAN THE POLITICIAN THEY ARE 'WATCHING" UHHHH !

BUT i LIKE TO ASK LEARNED PEOPLE IF THE CASE CAN BE ARGUE AS IT WAS SAID TOBE PUBLISHED FAR BACK 2007 . or is there any mistake in that typing , While the article was said to have been published on 27 April 27, so am assuming the 27 is 2007

na wa ooo, nothin we no go see

I'm sorry to say.
Can someone with Nigerian law background enlighten me a lil bit.
What is the ground for punitive damage in this case?
I took some law class here in the States but with what I read so far, there is no claim but there might be a law in Nigeria that I'm not aware. Cos that might be the reason why someone can sue or be sued for misstatement.
Someone please tell me if this is correct or maybe I'm just not connecting the dots here.

I'm sorry to say.
Can someone with Nigerian law background enlighten me a lil bit.
What is the ground for punitive damage in this case?
I took some law class here in the States but with what I read so far, there is no claim but there might be a law in Nigeria that I'm not aware. Cos that might be the reason why someone can sue or be sued for misstatement.
Someone please tell me if this is correct or maybe I'm just not connecting the dots here.

So he is tryin to prove that he is not an election rigger abi?

his omisore trying to tell us what we all know, that he is not a MASTER ELECTION RIGGER AND A NOTORIOUS MURDERER
I am sorry people like omisore are not suppose to be in the nigerian senate

evil is only accepted here as truth

He better not bring his case to Nairaland, cos we'll bash him. Are we saying the journalist is lying? We know what Omisore did in Ekiti rerun, Ijero local govt in particular. His wife is from there, and we all know the rigging he supervised in that place.

daaamn!!

JUO:

evil is only accepted here as truth

You're right, but he can go ahead and sue them for 100bn

omisore oooollleeeeee barawo criminal

OMISORE, Nemesis will soon catch up with you, The tribunal will declare Aregbesola as the rightful winner of the election and that'll be the end of your guber ambition,

Osun state indigenes still know you as a cold-blooded killer who influened and financed the killing of Chief Bola Ige-, The Cesar of Esa-Oke,

There is no place for you to hide,

There is a difference between the truth and what can be proven (facts). We all know Omisore is a criminal but he has not been convicted in any court of law. So what we know or think we know is hearsay. He is innocent until proven guilty of election rigging in a law court

E nice:

There is a difference between the truth and what can be proven (facts). We all know Omisore is a criminal but he has not been convicted in any court of law. So what we know or think we know is hearsay. He is innocent until proven guilty of election rigging in a law court

I 2nd that. For now, he might have a case that he has not been convicted of any wrongdoing so he should not have been held out as he was in a national news paper. 

Truth is, nothing is as simple as it looks, n there is an element of truth in every libel. guys, be careful wat u believe,

lannre:

THEY ARE YET TO PUBLISH THE PETITION BROUGHT IN BY THEIR FORMER SACKED EDITOR STEVE AYORINDE AGAINST  AZU THE ED (PUBLICATION)  . NIGERIAN PRESS ACT AS IF THEY ARE  HLOLIER THAN THE POLITICIAN THEY ARE 'WATCHING" UHHHH !

BUT i LIKE TO ASK LEARNED PEOPLE IF THE CASE CAN BE ARGUE AS IT WAS SAID TOBE PUBLISHED FAR BACK 2007 . or is there any mistake in that typing , While the article was said to have been published on 27 April 27, so am assuming the 27 is 2007

Gbam!!
Whenever i read an article in Nigerian media, i ask myself, whose interest is being protected here?
Which pocket is funding this view?
Our media has become a cash and carry media.
As devilish as Omisore is, i hope he sues the life out of Punch.
hypocrites, the lot of them.

olafolarin:

OMISORE, Nemesis will soon catch up with you, The tribunal will declare Aregbesola as the rightful winner of the election and that'll be the end of your guber ambition,

Osun state indigenes still know you as a cold-blooded killer who influened and financed the killing of Chief Bola Ige-, The Cesar of Esa-Oke,

There is no place for you to hide,

Correction, it is the 'Cicero of Esa-Oke' after the Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist, Marcus Tullius Cicero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero).

What is Nigeria really turning to for christ sake. I pray we coming generation REBRAND NIGERIA AND GIVE HER A GREAT NAME. Can i have an AMEN.

amen my brother

Amen and amen and amen and amen.May God help us.Amen

Dat man called omisore is a murderer.Tha whole world knows,so sueing punch is just a mere formallity.They deprived aragbesola of his rigth, nemesis will catch up with them. God knows

Dat man called omisore is a murderer.The whole world knows,so sueing punch is just a mere formallity.They deprived aragbesola of his rigth, nemesis will catch up with them. God knows

[b]Osun state indigenes [/b]still know you as a cold-blooded killer who influened and financed the killing of Chief Bola Ige-, The Cesar of Esa-Oke,There is no place for you to hide,

Osun state indigenes? Nay, the whole Nigeria still remember the f.kn b.astd for that heinous crime. A thousand years will not erase the loss of the Great Uncle Bola Ige under such crude and barbaric circumstance instigated by Omisore. Like it or not, he will pay for that singular crime sooner than later