MFM General Overseer, Dr. D.K. Olukoya sues Saharareporters N10billion for libel (READ WHY SAHARAREPORTERS WAS SUED FOR LIBEL)

SAHARAREPORTERS:   The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries’ (MFM) General Overseer, Dr. D. K. Olukoya has filed a libel suit against the publisher of Saharareporters, Omoyele Sowore for N10billion damages.

The suit was filed before the Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State.

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The MFM General Overseer said he was compelled to take legal action against Sahara Reporters Incorporated and the publisher for publishing false and malicious articles against him and his church, MFM, since 2013.

Why Dr. D.K. Olukoya took drastic action against Saharareporters

The cleric said despite complaints, Sowore and his Sahara Reporters remained adamant. They refused to adhere to warnings and continued to publish offending stories about him .

Olukoya said he had earlier demanded that Sahara Reporters pull down all the offending stories against him and his church within seven days but Omoyele and his platform refused.

He said having failed to take advantage of the seven days he gave them, he had no other option but to sue them.

The Incorporated Trustees of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries was listed as the first claimant while Olukoya was the second claimant in the suit marked HU/250/2018.

Joined as defendants were Sowore, Incorporated Trustees of Sahara Media Foundation and Sahara Reporters.

Apart from the N10bn damages, the cleric and his church are praying the court to order the defendants to’

• “pull down and erase each of the offending stories from the Internet forthwith.”
• They also want the court to compel Sowore and Sahara Reporters to “tender a written apology and retraction.
• And also to publish prominently in their online news report and in at least three nationally circulating newspapers and two international magazines, including TIME International.”

The claimants are also praying for an order of perpetual injunction, “restraining the defendants by themselves, their agents, servants, privies or other persons, howsoever called or described from further publishing and/or disseminating libellous stories and statements against the claimants.”

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