Muhammadu Buhari new media, two days to apologise to him or he will sue
her for alleged defamation.The senator has been in a war of words with the commission and Godswill
Akpabio, minister of Niger Delta Affairs since the Senate passed a
resolution that it would probe the interim management committee of the
NDDC for alleged mismanagement of funds.The upper legislative chamber is probing the commission for
“mismanaging” N40 billion.
While Nwaoboshi accused Akpabio of getting a N300 million fencing
contract from the NDDC, the commission said the senator got a N3.6
billion contract using 11 contracts as a front.
Akpabio also said Nwaoboshi should respond to allegations by the
commission that members of the national assembly inserted non-existent
projects in the 2019 budget of the NDDC.
Based on the allegations and counter-allegations, Onochie made a series
of posts on her social media accounts.
In a letter dated June 9 and addressed to Onochie by Daniel Bwala, a
lawyer, Nwaoboshi said if she does post a retraction and apologise, a
defamation suit would be filed against her.
“On the 8th day of June 2020, you posted/published a defamatory article
on your Facebook page (Lauretta Onochie) against our client captioned
“NDDC- THE CHICKEN COMES HOME TO ROOST” appearing on your page as
follows, amongst others,” the letter read in part.
“Consequent upon your unsubstantiated allegations against our client, he
demands that you publish/post a retraction on all your social media
platforms and tender an unreserved apology to him within forty-eight
hours from the day of delivery of this letter.
“TAKE NOTE that if you fail to comply with the demands as stated above,
we have our client’s instructions to take legal action against you
without further recourse to you.
“A stitch in time saves nine.”