Oshiomhole, in suit No B/556/2011, against Dockland Communications Limited, publishers of News of the People
magazine, alleged that the content of a material published by the
magazine in 2011, on the front page and page 19, with the headline,
‘Oshiomhole’s sex power exposed: Impregnates young girl six months after
death of wife’, libeled his person.
He further alleged that the defendant, among other
things falsely wrote that he bought the said girl a jeep, that he was
interfering in the academic activities of Ambrose Alli University,
Ekpoma, on behalf of the girl, that he used sexual performance
enhancement drugs and that he had performed traditional marriage rites
precedent to marriage between him and the said girl.
Oshiomhole, whose suit is before Justice (Mrs.) Efe
Ikponmwonba, alleged that the said edition containing the libellous
piece was widely circulated, to coincide with preparations for one of
his daughter’s wedding.
Asked by his lead counsel K.O. Igiebor why he was
demanding damages, the governor, who testified as Principal Witness 1,
said the publication caused him and his children psychological trauma,
six months after the death of his wife.
He said, “When I called a brother governor to sponsor
my daughter’s wedding, the governor said he was confused, and asked me
if I was the one doing the marriage or my daughter.
“He added that he was reading a magazine which said
that I was about getting married to a university student, and that the
said wife-to-be was already pregnant.”
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