The Head of Media and Public Relations, Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Dr. Fabian Benjamin, has dragged Mr Ahmed Isah of Human Rights Radio to court over injurious broadcast, false allegations and innuendos which allegedly amounted to defamation of the claimant’s character.
Also joined in the suit as 1st Defendant is the Premier Broadcasting Ltd (owners of Human Rights Radio) of Plot 1184, Kaura District, besides Games Village, Abuja.
The suit number. CV/3211/2021 was filed by the Claimant’s lawyer, Mr Chris Alashi, before an FCT High Court, sitting at Gwagwalada and presided over by Justice A.O. Ebong.
The Spokesperson of JAMB is claiming N6 billion as compensation for general damages for the deliberate, libellous and malicious public broadcast by the 1st Defendant and anchored by the 2nd Defendant, Mr Ahmed Isah.
The claimant said that on April 16, 2021, between 7:30 a.m. and 10 a.m., the 2nd Defendant, while on air on Human Rights Radio and Television (Brekete Programme), put a call to him via his Mobile No. 080xxxxxxx from the 2nd Defendant’s Mobile No. 08037888880, during which the latter maliciously defamed the claimant by impugning, maligning and discrediting his integrity and reputation as the PRO of JAMB and an academic.
In particular, the claimant alleges that the 2nd Defendant, while on air, allegedly accused him of forging his Ph.D certificate as well as being incompetent, unscrupulous, among others.
The Claimant also charges the 2nd defendant for allegedly saying his (Claimant’s) bad behaviour and arrogance, hereditary, were acquired from his parents; that there is no solution to it.
Hearing has been fixed for 14th February, 2022.