Character Defamation: Court Orders Toke Makinwa To Pay Ex-Husband ₦1m
Justice Olukayode Ogunjobi said Makinwa and the publisher of her biography titled, ‘On Becoming,’ in which she defamed Ayida, should each pay N500,000. The judge ordered Makinwaand Kachifo Limited to pay the money to “any charity organisation of the claimant’s choice.”
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The justice also gave the defendants 30 days to delete the said defamatory words against Ayida from unsold copies of the book in their custody.
The judge identified the defamatory portions of the book to be expunged as “Page 54, Line 11-16 and Page 83, Line 1.”
The court judgment came three years after Ayida, through his lawyer, Kemi Pinheiro (SAN), dragged Makinwa and KachifoLimited to court in suit number ID/ADR/820/2017, demanding N100m in damages and a perpetual injunction halting further publication of ‘On Becoming.’
