ALLEGED LIBELOUS PUBLICATIONS: HAVE I HAD ANY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU? HON. EDWARD PWAJOK (SAN) ASKS, MR. JAMES NYANGO

By: Amb. Valentine Adese (JP),

Before approaching and filing Suit No: PLD/J322/2024, Hon. Edward Pwajok (SAN), had asked, Mr. James Nyango, whether they had any personal relationship before the alleged libelous publications. REALITY gathered from the Court processes.  

In a letter dated 23^rd January 2024, written and addressed to Mr. James, Hon. Pwajok (SAN) had also asked the Defendant whether they had any disagreement to warrant publications,  maliciously aimed at tearing his hard-earned reputation apart.

HON. PWAJOK (SAN)

The letter of Hon. Pwajok (SAN), which was aimed at urging and demanding Mr. James a Retraction and Apology for the alleged libelous publications on his Facebook page on the 16^th of January, 2024, was allegedly ignored. REALITY gathered.

The letter in part reads: “My attention has been drawn to some libelous post made by you on your Facebook page on the 16^th day of January 2024

“Your Facebook account has about 5000 followers who follow your posts and therefore read what you wrote about me. In the said posts, you tagged about 97 persons and each of them has thousands of followers extending beyond Plateau State and Nigeria.

“You also shared the libelous posts to 14 groups amongst which are J101. 9 FM Jos, which has 80,200 members with a wide coverage beyond Plateau State, Plateau Unite movement with 995 members and Plateau Intelligentsia with 43, 200 members.

“My younger brother, Jonathan Pwajok is one of them and after reading the posts, he immediately drew your attention to the dire implications of your posts but instead of retracting it, you adamantly persisted with your position and even added other libelous posts.

“Many people following you were thus influenced by your posts by also pouring invectives on me thereby bringing me odium and contempt. This has caused painful distress not only to me but also to my family members some of whom are outside the country and my numerous well-wishers as this has generated ill feelings towards me”.

PWAJOK (SAN)

 Still, in shock at the development of the publications of Mr. James on his Facebook page, Hon. Pwajok wrote further, “After all these insults which were inspired by you, you still posted the following:

“Jonathan Pwajok of course, the primary aim of your brother Eddy was to illegally sack all PDP elected leaders through the lies because he was not picked as deputy governor…”  

“By the above post, you directly accused me and I understand you to imply that I am a lair, lacking integrity as a Lawyer, greedy, and unprofessional

“You also claimed that APC hired me because PDP did not pick me as a Deputy Governor.

“You accused me and I understand you to mean that I am a betrayer or backstabber.

“I have never had any personal relationship or disagreement with you. As an elder and senior to you in all ramifications, I do not know what I have done to you to warrant this libelous publication motivated by malice which has brought me odium and contempt among thousands of Facebook “followers and the public. You have torn my hard-earned reputation to shred”.

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