President Muhammadu Buhari‘s defamation suit against DAAR Communications, operators of the African Independent Television, AIT, has been struck out by the Federal High Court, siting in Abuja, on Wednesday, December 7, over lack of due diligence from the President’s legal team.
DAAR Communications is owned by a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Raymond Dokpesi.
Justice John Tsoho, in his ruling, stated that the court was compelled to strike out the suit, because it appeared abandoned.
“This is against the rules of court, all opportunities given for the plaintiff and the respondents to put life in the suit, have failed.“The suit is hereby struck out,” Tsoho ruled.
Recall, that Buhari had filed the suit in 2015, challenging the documentary transmitted by the station, allegedly aimed at defaming his character in the eyes of the public.
The President, averred that the video documentary aired by the television station, was aimed at giving him away as a dictator, and religious bigot.
He also averred that the documentary was also shown on the State-owned Nigerian Television Authority, NTA.
Recall, that the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Leadership, had written to the two stations, describing the video as fabricated, and defamatory.
Subsequently, the Presidential candidate of the APC, as he then was, approached the court with the suit.
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