Fashola demands N1b, retractions from Leno

Power, Works and Housing  Minister Babatunde Fashola has threatened to  file libel suit against  Mr. Leno Laitan Adesanya of Sunrise Power & Transmission Co. Ltd., over  certain publications alleged to be injurious  to his (Fashola’s)  reputation.

The minister ,in a January 17,2019 letter through his lawyer, Charles Uwensuyi-Edosomwan of Ekikhalo Chambers, Uwensuyi-Edosomwan & co,said Adesanya  caused to be  published in some newspapers on January 11 and 16,2019 “serious defamatory and injurious words under the caption “Mambilla Power Project:Open letter to Mr.Babatunde Fashola (SAN)”.

He is demanding a complete retraction of the “offending publications”,an unreserved apology and payment of N1bllion as pecuniary compensation for the  “reckless and mindless injuries to Fashola’s reputation and credit.

He said that failure  by Adesanya to meet the demands would compel him to initiate legal action in court to redeem his image.