A high court in Effurun, Delta State, has ordered blogger, Linda Ikeji, to pay N30 million as general damages to Africa’s Neo-Black Movement, NBM, over a libellous publication.
The NBM of Africa took to court action after she failed to honour a letter by the Claimant demanding retraction and apology over the libellous article published on her blog on Oct. 19, 2021.
The blogger in her publication of 19 October 2021 allegedly labelled the NBM of Africa as a dreaded cult group, black axe, and criminal organisation among other names.
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The Claimants approached the court, praying for N1bn damages and an unreserved apology to be published on her blog and two national dailies among others.
On Monday, Justice Roli Daibo-Harriman, the presiding judge, also awarded N300,000 for the cost of litigation against Ms Ikeji, and ordered her to place a publication in her blog and national dailies, retracting the defamatory publication.
Ms Ikeji was also ordered to restrain from further damaging publications against the claimants and members of the NBM of Africa.
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