Mr. Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo popularly known as D’banj has dragged Seyitan Babatayo to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court over the controversial rape allegation leveled against him.
This is contained in a concurrent writ of summons issued out by Chief Mike Ezekhome, SAN on behalf of the Claimant, which was sighted by TheNigeriaLawyer.
The suit is in suit no CV/2069/2020 where he claimed he sought various orders against the Defendant.
Similarly, he sought for an order compelling her to render public apology as a result of her allegations against him which caused him public embarrassment.
“AN ORDER of this Honourable Court compelling the Defendant, to write to the Claimant an unreserved apology for the said offensive tweet and post, which were widely circulated…consequent upon the embarrassment, ridicule, derision, mental disharmony, mental agony and psychological trauma which the Defendant’s said defamatory tweet have caused the Claimant.”
Furthermore, he sought for the sum of 1 billion naira as general damages against her.
“AN ORDER directing the Defendant to pay to the Claimant, the sum of #1, 000,000,000.00 (One Billion…Naira) only, representing general damages over the untold embarrassment, derision, public ridicule, odium, obloquy marital disharmony and psychological trauma which the Defendant tweet and publication have caused for the Claimant”
Besides, he prayed the Court to grant him the sum of 5 million Naira as punitive and exemplary damages against her.
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