By Charles Igbo
Deji Adeyanju, a political activist and Lawyer will appear before a Law Court to prove his many allegations against Peter Obi, a two-term Governor of Anambra State and the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 Presidential Election, unless he acts fast and meets Obi’s demands.
Adeyanju, since 2022, has been a constant strong critic of Obi. He has painted Obi in many unflattering colours, and called him a number of names, including a scum. Obi endured all that for those number of times. But no longer.
Taking everything into consideration, especially, the damage Obi says Adeyanju’s characterisation of him has done to his image and character, Obi now says enough is enough.
He has, therefore, triggered a legal action against Adeyanju over “persistently spreading false and malicious and defamatory statements against him on the microblogging platform X, Facebook and other channels”.
In a letter of demand issued on Obi’s behalf by his Lawyer, Alex Ejesieme, SAN, Adeyanju was accused of persistently referring to the former LP Presidential candidate as corrupt, fraudulent, and a religious bigot. Some of the publications, the letter pointed out, date back to 2022. All of them, he said, were meant to injure Obi’s reputation among Nigerians and the international community.
The letter cited some of the posts where Adeyanju alleged that “Obi diverted Anambra State funds into family businesses, attempted to bribe him after a private meeting, and used religion to manipulate voters during the 2023 presidential campaign.”
Those allegations were described by Obi’s legal team as “false, malicious, and contrived”, with no truth whatsoever in them.
Adeyanju, the letter further pointed out, characterized Obi as “the leader of a mob” and called him “a scum.”
The lawyer said that the remarks were deliberately calculated to portray Obi as an “anarchist and a divisive figure.”
The legal team is, therefore, demanding an immediate delete, by Adeyanju, of all defamatory posts, an issue of a public apology across his social media platforms, and publishing of same in three national dailies.
It warned: failure to comply within seven days would compel Obi to institute a lawsuit seeking aggravated damages, a restraining injunction, and recovery of legal costs because, “The statements have been widely disseminated, causing untold damage to our client’s reputation and integrity.”
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