The Immediate Past
Chief Army Staff in Nigeria, Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihejirika, has sued
an Australian hostage negotiator, Mr Stephen Davies, who accused him of
sponsoring Boko Haram insurgency in the north eastern part of Nigeria. In a libel suit filed at the Abuja
High Court by his team of lawyers, General Ihejirika is demanding 100 billion
Naira as aggravated damages for defamation.
The Retired General, who left military service in January 2014, said that
he has “suffered grievous wrong and has been exposed to scandal, ridicule,
humiliation, character assassination, credit and reputation brought into
disrepute, both within and outside the country, as a result of the libelous
statement in question”. General
Ihejirika is also seeking an order of perpetual injunction restraining Davis or
his agents from further making defamatory comments about him. He also seeks an order compelling Mr
Davies to publish forthwith a dull and unqualified retraction and apology
conspicuously in the front page of a daily newspaper to assuage the plaintiff
for the said false malicious and libelous publication. Meanwhile, he has secured an order of court to serve the process
to Mr Davis, who lives in Perth, Australia, with the court’s processes. Mr Davis was assisting the Nigerian
Government to negotiate with the Boko Haram sect towards securing the release
of some over 200 girls abducted by the terrorist group in April 2014.
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