‘N4b Gift’: VP Sues As Editor Demands He Resigns

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu to investigate the publisher of an online medium, Point Blank News over a “criminal defamatory” report published against him.

Following the probe of the suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Jackson Ude shared a news story, on Twitter, with the headline “How Magu Embezzled N39 billion Gave Osinbajo N4 billion, Begs For Soft Landing.”

The news report generated controversy on the alleged involvement of the Vice President in the corruption scandal of the suspended EFCC boss.

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Mr. Ude has, however, challenged the vice-president to meet him on level ground by resigning his position saying that the petition from the office of the vice-president would be received with bias by the police.

The Vice President, in a petition written on his behalf by his lawyer, Bayo Osipitan asked the IGP to investigate the “malicious” publication which is to discredit the person of the Vice President.

Osinbajo asked the IGP to file criminal proceedings in line with the provisions of Sections 391-395 of the Penal Code Act for criminal defamation against the said publisher.

Part of the statement reads,  “These vicious and malicious publications are meant to achieve one objective only, to present to his readership and others (Nigerians and foreigners) that our client is a dishonest and disloyal public officer and consequently unfit for the position of Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria he is occupying.

“We are of the view that unless an action for criminal defamation is commenced against the said Mr. Jackson Ude, he will continue to use his social media platform to publish materials that are false and criminally defamatory of our client’s reputation.

“In view of the above, we humbly request that you cause the above allegations made against our client to be investigated and if the suggested investigation confirms our complaint of the falsehood of these allegations, to initiate criminal proceedings pursuant to the provisions of Sections 391-395 of the Penal Code Act for criminal defamation against the said Jackson Ude.”

In a series of tweets, Jackson Ude has asked the Vice President to resign before filing a law suit against him, saying the Vice President is capable of using state resources to influence the case.

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