The Rivers State high court has barred the
Federal Government, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, and
their agents from further publishing the name of the National Chairman of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Uche Secondus on their looters’ list.
The state Chief Judge, A. I . Iyayi- Lamikanra,
gave the order in Port Harcourt on Monday when the case against the minister
and the federal government brought by Mr Secondus was heard.
Mr Secondus’s special media assistant, Ike
Abonyi, who was in court, said in a statement that although Mr Mohammed or his
representatives were not in the Port Harcourt court on Monday, the trial judge,
Mr Iyayi- Lamikanra, directed the plaintiffs to serve the defendants the
appropriate order of the court.
The PDP National Chairman had sued the minister
for defamation of character following the release of a looters list which had
his name on it.
Counsels to Mr Secondus, Emeka Etiaba, leading
Emeka Okpoko and Emeka Echezona-Etiaba, had filed a motion seeking to stop the
Federal Government, the Minister or their agents from publishing the name of Mr
Secondus on their looters list as well as any other publication intended to
further defame him.
Earlier on April 6, the state Chief Judge had
granted that the defendants be served by substituted means all the originating
processes together with accompanying processes in Thisday newspaper. The case was adjourned to May 28 for
continuation of hearing.
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