Alleged defamation: Nnamdi Kanu sues Imo CP, demands N10bn damages.

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has sued Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, over alleged defamation. 

Kanu is demanding N10 billion in general damages and N50 million in exemplary damages, citing that Danjuma's press release which attributed killings in Imo communities to IPOB/ESN members.

Kanu, in a suit filed by his lawyer, Maxwell Opara, argued that the press release was made while IPOB's appeal against being declared a terrorist group was pending, thereby making it prejudicial to Kanu's fair trial rights. 

He also claimed that the statement was made without proper investigation or credible intelligence, causing damage to Kanu's reputation nationally and internationally.

The suit seeks a declaration that Danjuma's press release is false and defamatory, an order restraining Danjuma from making similar statements, and a public retraction and apology in two national dailies and on national television.

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