BREAKING: VP Osinbajo drags Sahara Reporters to Court On Ikoyi Building Collapse Publication

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo ordered his legal professionals to provoke authorized actions towards information web site, Sahara Reporters over a narrative claiming that he’s the proprietor of a collapsed 21-storey constructing in Ikoyi, Lagos.

 

The web site had printed a report that VP Osinbajo was the proprietor of the property and that the late developer, Femi Osibona was a ‘entrance’.

Nevertheless, in a letter seen by Press Informant, despatched to the web site by thelawyers of VP Osinbajo, Femi Atoyebi and Co. learn partially;

“We’re solicitors to His Excellency, the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, (hereafter referred to as “our Shopper”) on whose behalf and directions we write this letter.”

“Our consumer’s consideration has been drawn to your on-line information web site publication of 04 November 2021 [- http://saharareporters.com/2021/11/04/exclusive-vice-president-osinbajo-linked-lagos-collapsed- building-current-death-toll-36],whereby you falsely and with out basis alleged that Chief Michael Ade Ojo, OON, KJW, offered the land on which the collapsed construction was constructed to our consumer after he grew to become the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and that the developer was “fronting” for our consumer.”

“Your publication urged that our consumer has no regard for due course of by allegedly utilizing the affect of his workplace to safe constructing approval for the mission in breach of constructing laws. Partly, you said as follows:

’Completely different sources on Tuesday to/d SaharaReporters that the landed property was purchased by Osinbajo from Chief Michael Ade-Ojo, founding father of Elizade Motors (Elizade Nigeria Restricted) shortly after he grew to become the Vice President.

“Osinbajo is linked to the property, that home that collapsed on Monday in Lagos State. I used to be conscious when he bought the landed property from Elizade. A girl was selIing meals on the place earlier than, that was the place all employees and labourers working round right here do eat,” a facility supervisor to/d SaharaReporters.

“The Vice President has plenty of properties within the space, he’s t/sing his brother to handle the properties. The developer, Femi Osibona is just fronting for him. Osinbajo even purchased one other property for his brother within the space, it’s at Mosley Avenue. The brother is the one managing it personally, he comes there virtually each time.” for went additional to say that:

“I do know the constructing is owned by a prime authorities official, the person in query, Osibona was solely fronting for that authorities official. We acquired an order from above to cease going to the positioning throughout monitoring. I heard the Vice President intervened when the mission was sealed off early within the yr however I can’t say perhaps he’s the proprietor. Don’t neglect they’re each from lkenne in Ogun State.”

“Curiously, your mentioned publication provided no credible supply to the story but, or should know that transactions of this nature are at all times in public information and a prudent and properly – which means journalist would have undertaken a easy process of making use of to go looking the information to establish who the events to the sale transaction of the land are or, cross – test his info with our consumer earlier than dashing to the press.”

“This, you deliberately did not do. Your mentioned publication has introduced our consumer, who’s a famend Professor of Regulation, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, former Lawyer -Common of Lagos State, and serving Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria into opprobrium and disrepute within the eyes of his household, buddies, skilled colleagues specifically, and Nigerians basically. Your mentioned publication has additionally portrayed him as a nugatory and deceitful one who has no regard for due course of through the use of his workplace for private beneficial properties which is totally unfounded.”

“For the information and avoidance of doubt, our consumer hereby vehemently denies your mentioned allegations as factually baseless, reckless and malicious as he didn’t purchase the mentioned land or some other land (for that matter) from Chief Ade Ojo, nor does he personal/maintain any curiosity within the mentioned land. He has additionally publicly declared all his property earlier than resuming workplace because the Vice President as aforesaid. Our consumer additionally categorically states that he’s not in any means linked to the sale or buy of the land in query. Additionally it is full falsehood that the developer is fronting for him on the mission or, that he did something to affect the mission’s planning approval in any means.”

“At a time of nationwide tragedy when accountable residents are in a somber temper on account of the lack of dozens of lives within the unlucky incident, it’s deeply saddening that your group selected to latch on to the scenario to try to additional malign our consumer’s character.”

“We think about your mentioned publication as each unfounded, malicious and a figment of your contrived depraved creativeness, calculated to tug our consumer’s title within the mud and destroy his hard-earned repute which he has laboured for many years to construct. We additional view your publication as a calculated try and ridicule our consumer and soil his hovering picture within the eyes of well-meaning and peace-loving Nigerians.”

“Accordingly, we’ve our consumer’s strict directions to demand and we hereby DEMAND for the fast retraction of your malicious, libellous and irresponsible publication inside forty-eight (48) hours of the date of this letter in the identical conspicuous medium and protection by which you printed it with a letter of apology to be printed in the identical medium; along with publication in two extensively circulated Nationwide dailies, failing which our subsequent directions are to make sure that we set the equipment of the legislation towards your group and publishers with substantial and punitive damages. This we intend to do with out additional recourse or discover to you.”