Popular Instagram celebrity, Paschal Okechukwu a.k.a Cubana Chief Priest has demanded Ledrop Nigeria Limited, to withdraw a libelous letter against him and to tender written apology to him.
The lawyer to Cubana Chief Priest, Chief C.I. Asika Ilobi disclosed this in a letter titled “IN THE MATTER OF YOUR SCANDALOUS AND DEFAMATORY LETTER CAPTIONED “ALLEGED THREAT TO LIFE, ASSAULT AND BATTERY OF REKIYA JIBRIL BY PASCHAL OKECHUKWU A.K.A CUBANA CHIEF PRIEST WHO IS ALLEGEDLY A BRAND AMBASSADOR OF VBANK”. OUR RESPONSE THERETO” dated 28th August, 2020, addressed to the law firm of Abimbola Fakeye Chambers, and made available to TheNigerialawyer(TNL).
Recall that Chief Priest, on 23rd August, was accused of assaulting one of his female employees, Rekiya Jibril, at Cubana nightclub in Owerri which Chief Priest manages.
Cubana not only taking exception to the content of the letter earlier addressed to him by Ledrop Nigeria Limited’s lawyer but denied knowing any person with the name Rekiya Jibril, or having any physical contact with her at any time.
Asika Ilobi said ordinarily, he wouldn’t want to join issues with them but he has to react to deny the obvious spurious, frivolous, false, malicious and unfounded allegations leveled against his client in the said letter.
“It is our instruction to state clearly herein that our client does not know any lady called Rekiya Jibril, neither did he have any encounter whatsoever with such a person at any given time either on the 24th day of August, 2020, or any other day whatsoever.
“Our client did not, and could not have physically assaulted the said Rekiya Jibril, let alone “punching her in the eyes thereby causing her bodily harm in the course of rightfully discharging her official duties at the club in Owerri, Imo State”.
“It is worth stating at this juncture that our client is an ardent supporter of women’s rights, with great passion for their welfare, by reason of which he has constantly devoted his hard-earned resources, time and energy towards promoting the cause of women and womanhood over the years, for which several international organizations, churches and corporate bodies have written to him in deep appreciation. These are facts of common knowledge available on public domain.
“It is germane to also state at this juncture that our client who is happily married with children, all of who are males, has been fervently praying to Almighty God to give him a female child, cannot under any circumstance, do anything to offend against the sensibilities of womanhood as doing so would go contrary to his passionate petition to his Creator, the Almighty God.
“Latent in your letter is a clear malice against our client. It is not arguable that our client had sometimes had a business relationship with your client (Ledrop Nigeria Limited), during which time, our client employed his world acclaimed marketing strategies to the advantage of your client from which your client derived enormous financial benefits running into millions of dollars.
“However, since the only constant phenomenon in life is change, our client left your client for greener pastures and higher attainments in life, by reason of which, your client has sworn to run him down by all means, one of which means, is your letter under reference. “Consequently, your allegation as stated at page 2, paragraph 1 of the said letter, which reads thus: “We hereby bring to your notice that PASCHAL OKECHUKWU was initially utilized by our client as an influencer but his contract was not renewed due to similar previous behaviour”, is completely false, malicious and a further pointer to the frustration of your client, occasioned by our client’s decision to part with your client, resulting in our client’s firm decision to terminate his then contract with your client in the year, 2019.
He, therefore, demands written apology from Ledrop Nigeria Limited which is to be published by 5 national dallies within seven days.
“It is by reason of the foregoing that our client instructed us to demand that you write us a letter, as well as all the brands attached to our clients, withdrawing your libelous letter with an unreserved apology, we hereby, pursuant to that instruction, demand that within a period of seven (7) days of your receipt of this letter, you write the said letter of apology to us, which apology must be published in five (5) national dailies, failing which, we shall have no other alternative than to initiate legal proceedings against your client in the High Court of Justice for redress.
The Inspector-General of Police, The Acting Director-General, Department of State Services (DSS), The Commissioner of Police, Imo State and Imo State Director, Department of State Services (DSS), Owerri, Imo State, were copied.
