By Julius Agadaga, Yenagoa
Group President of Azikel group of Companies, Dr. Eruani Azibabu,CFR and the Azikel group of Companies have threatened to drag Perekeme Fidelis Perekeme to court over alleged false,malicious, defamatory publication and prejudicial Facebook publication titled “Alleged Aviation Scholarship Scam: Second Successful candidate sue Dr. Eruani Azibabu and Azikel group for 1.9billion naira”.
Eruani, represented through his counsel and Principal Partner of the Aliyu Lemu,SAN &CO, A.I.Lemu,SAN, demanded in a letter to Perekeme Fidelis Perekeme, for a retraction within 48 hours upon receipt of the letter.
“Also the removal and permanently deleted the offending Facebook publication including all associated caption,comments reposts and related content under your control.”
“Immediate ceas and desist from publishing,republishing,repeating,sharing,circulating,endorsing or otherwise disseminating these defamatory allegations or any similar allegations concerning Dr. Eruani Azibabu ,CFR,Azikel Group or the Aviation Scholarship programme.”
“Publish a full,clear,unequivocal and unreserved retraction and apology on the same Facebook account/Profile through which the defamatory publication was made;”
“Ensure that the retraction and apology are published with substantially the same prominence and visibility as the original publication and remain publicly accessible for a period of not less than one (1)full month.”
“Expressly state in the retraction/apology that the Aviation Scholarship programme is not a scam and that the publication created a false and misleading impression concerning Dr. Eruani Azibabu and Azikel group”
“And provide a written confirmation that you have compiled fully with the foregoing demands which shall contain a written undertaking that you will not publish or cause to be published any further false, defamatory,malicious or misleading statements concerning our client and same shall be addressed to our client within Seven (7) days of the receipt of the letter.”
