Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole on Monday dragged, a
soft sell weekly magazine before a Benin High Court, asking for N250m as
damages, for alleged libel.
Oshiomhole, in suit No B/556/2011,
against the publication, alleged that the content of a material published by
the magazine in 2011, on the front page and page 19, with the headline,
‘Oshiomhole’s sex power exposed: Impregnates young girl six months after death
of wife’, libeled his person.
He further alleged that the
defendant, among other things falsely wrote that he bought the said girl a
jeep, that he was interfering in the academic activities of Ambrose Alli
University, Ekpoma, on behalf of the girl, that he used sexual performance
enhancement drugs and that he had performed traditional marriage rites
precedent to marriage between him and the said girl.
Oshiomhole, whose suit is before
Justice (Mrs.) Efe Ikponmwonba, alleged that the said edition containing the
libellous piece was widely circulated; to coincide with preparations for one of
his daughter’s wedding.
Asked by his lead counsel K.O.
Igiebor why he was demanding damages, the governor, who testified as Principal
Witness 1, said the publication caused him and his children psychological
trauma, six months after the death of his wife.
He said, “When I called a brother
governor to sponsor my daughter’s wedding, the governor said he was confused,
and asked me if I was the one doing the marriage or my daughter.
“He added that he was reading a
magazine which said that I was about getting married to a university student,
and that the said wife-to-be was already pregnant.”
It is a known fact all over Benin that Adams Oshiomhole is
notorious when it comes to issues of women especially the younger ones.
Our investigation has proved this over and over again.
The Benin Government house and the swimming pool has been
turned to a den of women of all sorts who are mistresses of the labour
leader.The lucky one amongst them smiles home with cars as gifts.
This notoriety is giving him a bad image and has become a
source of worry to his party, associates and even aides.
In as much as we cannot verify the authenticity of this
present case,it will be recalled that Nigeria’s top celebrity magazine CITY
PEOPLE some months back also used a similar story about the governor.
In order to balance our report,CKN Nigeria called the
Publisher/Editor In Chief of the magazine, who told us they are ready to meet
the governor in court any day anytime with even more damaging evidence.
Lets see who blinks first in all this…CKN