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General Overseer Of MFM, D.K. Olukoya Wins As UK Court Awards Damages Against Nigerian Blogger, Badejo

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The Excessive Courtroom of Justice in London, yesterday, delivered judgment within the case involving the Basic Overseer of Mountain of Hearth and Miracles Ministries (MFM) Worldwide, Dr. D. Ok. Olukoya and a United Kingdom primarily based Nigerian blogger, Maureen Badejo, whereby it ordered Badejo to pay a six-figure sum in damages to each Olukoya and his wife instantly.

 

An announcement signed by Dan Aibangbe on behalf of MFM Ministries, recalled that Badejo, who operates by means of a web based platform referred to as GIO Television and several other different channels, had used her platforms over a interval of months to propagate outright falsehoods, innuendoes and misconceptions in opposition to the MFM Ministries, its senior pastors and the individuals of the Basic Overseer, his wife and son.

 

“As on the final rely, 22 particular accusations have been collated for acceptable response. The accusations vary from civil to legal issues, which ordinarily ought to have been tabled earlier than particular regulatory authorities by the accusers, if the intention was noble certainly. Nonetheless, she has chosen the social media platform, the place the audiences are largely gullible and folks can virtually get away with character assassination, if not challenged,” Aibangbe mentioned.

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In awarding them judgment and damages, the court docket recognised the extended intense and malicious marketing campaign performed by Badejo in opposition to the Oluokoya’s who had by no means even met her and didn’t know of her till she began her marketing campaign.

 

The court docket mentioned that Badejo’s marketing campaign went to the Olukoyas’ skilled integrity and their reputations and had been extensively publicised by Badejo. The court docket additionally famous that Badejo had refused to apologise in any manner for her conduct.

 

The court docket then ordered her to publish a abstract of its judgment throughout 9 of her social media channels for a interval of 10 days as a corrective measure to make sure the judgment reached all her viewers.

 

Aibangbe mentioned Olukoya’s attorneys have written to Badejo demanding fee of damages on account of their shopper as ordered by the court docket.