A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has struck out the defamation suit filed by human rights lawyer Femi Falana and his son, rapper Folarin Falana, also known as Falz, against social media personality Martins Otse, popularly known as Verydarkblackman.
The Falanas had filed separate suits, each seeking ₦500 million in damages, over a video posted by the blogger in which he accused them of collecting ₦10 million from Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, to influence a legal case.
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At Tuesday’s hearing, all parties were absent, but the court was informed of a pending application for stay of proceedings filed before another judge.
Justice Matthias Dawodu ruled that continuing with the case would amount to an academic exercise since the substantive suit is already before another court, and subsequently struck it out.
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