A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has requested that the administration of Media Trust Limited – publishers of Daily Trust and other publication – go into an negotiation with him for conceivable settlement of N6bn for maligning of character.
Fani-Kayode said this in a letter routed to the Managing Director of Daily Trust, dated August 31, 2020 and named, 'Maligning of the character of Chief Femi Fani-Kayode by Iliyasu Gadu.'
The letter, which was signed by the former minister's attorney, Adeola Adesipe, was because of an article named, 'FFK, the Drug Addled Thug in Designer Wears' dated August 30, 2020 and published by the medium.
In the article, which was published in the newspaper, the essayist thrashed Fani-Kayode for his conduct during a Press conference in which he portrayed a Daily Trust correspondent in Calabar, Eyo Charles, as 'stupid' after the writer posed inquiry about the personality of people "bankrolling" his present visit through southern states.
Gadu, the writer of the article, claimed that Fani-Kayode, who attended Cambridge University, was once “a drug addict” and had sought rehabilitation in Ghana, but “till today has not been cured of the habit.”
In his pre-litigation letter, in any case, Fani-Kayode depicted the article as derogatory and requested a apology from the newspaper, which must be published in other public dailies.
The former minister likewise requested that arrangement be gone into for conceivable payment of N6bn because of the irreparable loss the article had caused him.
It read in party, "Know that our client has not just endured inconceivable loss of generosity, he is presently faced with intolerable insult by his fans, supporters and associates over the globe.
“Our client is alive to his rights both in law and equity but is disposed to an opportunity to undo the evil you have done by retracting the said insalubrious remarks on the same platform it was published and apologising to him in two other national dailies.
“You are also advised to enter into negotiations with us for the sum of N6bn being a token amount for penitence as opposed to the magnitude of infraction caused to our client’s nobility.”
The newspaper was given 14 days to comply or face legal action.
Fani-Kayode also wrote a similar letter to Gadu, who authored the article.
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