Wednesday, 27 May 2015

Court adjourns N150billion suit filed by Tinubu against AIT

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has
adjourned the N150billion libel lawsuit former
Lagos state governor, Bola Tinubu filed against
TV station AIT today May 27th. Tinubu had filed
the suit against AIT in March for airing a
documentary titled "Lion of Bourdilion" which
he alleged was aimed at tarnishing his image.
At today's hearing, counsel to AIT told the court
that they had filed a counter-claim against the
Tinubu, which has been served to his counsel
and had not been responded to. Counsel to Bola
Tinubu while responding asked for an
adjournment of the case, stating that they were
only served the counter-claim two days ago and
will need time to respond to it. The judge
granted his request and adjourned the case till
June 30th.

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