By Austin Ogwuda
THE immediate past Chairman of the Delta State Traditional Rulers Council and also the Obi of Owa, His Majesty , Obi (Dr.) Emmanuel Efeizomor II, has ordered a Delta-based Legal Practitioner Barrister Ifeanyi Williams Agholor to retract alleged libelous publication made against him within 48 hours and also tender an apology or face court action.
The Owa monarch, in a letter through his Counsel , Barrister Raymond Isitor and addressed to Barrister Ifeanyi Williams Agholor made available to newsmen is titled: “A call for the retraction of your libelous content published in a video circulating in all social media platforms in relation to Sir Francis Okechukwu’s alleged ordeal at the palace of the Obi of Owa on the 6th day of November, 2024, against HRM DR. E.O. Efeizomor11 (JP) OON within 48 hours from the date of receipt of this letter”.
It further reads, “We are Solicitors to HRM Dr. E.O Efeizomor 11 JP OON, the Obi of Owa, whom we shall refer to as our client, and on whose instruction we write herein under as follows.
*That our client is the Obi of Owa and the immediate past chairman of the Delta State Traditional Rulers Council.
That our client’s attention has been drawn to a video recording authored by you, castigating our client in relation to an alleged ordeal Sir Francis Okechukwu claimed to have suffered at the palace of our client on the 6th day of November , 2024.
*That in your video recording, you published that our client masterminded an alleged attack on Sir Francis Okechukwu, and called for the arrest of our Client , and incited violence against our Client.
*That your action is well known to you to be false and in bad faith, but you threw caution to the wind with the intention to malign our Client , and bring our Client’s enviable reputation to the lowest ebb in the eyes of the public.
“Please note that Sir Francis Okechukwu has sworn to an Affidavit in suit No: HCO/22M/2024 in respect of the same incident that allegedly took place on the 6th day of November, 2024, at our Clients palace , but no mention of our Client in the said affidavit that validates your published allegation in your video against our Client.
“Sir, you are by this letter giving 48 hours, inclusive of the time of your receipt of this letter to retract your libelous publication against our Client, and render an apology in a published video that will circulate in all social media platforms, or our Client will have no option than to commence stiff legal actions against you”, the letter warned.
*Credit: Fidelity Reporters
