A Chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Kenneth Okonkwo, has dismissed the N5 billion lawsuit threat issued against him by the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, over alleged defamation.
Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, has instituted a N5 billion lawsuit against Okonkwo if he fails to withdraw his allegations against him, pay N5 billion as compensation and tender public apology within seven days across various public news channels.
The former governor had, in his pre-action letter to Okonkwo on Tuesday, claimed the ADC chieftain defamed him by alleging that he defrauded House of Representatives aspirants of N10 million each and went ahead to write a list of candidates for various federal constituencies in the South-east.
Okonkwo served as a spokesperson to Obi when both were members of the Labour Party.
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