Atiku files #2.5bn libel suit against Buhari's aide

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has made good his threat to institute a N2.5bn libel against a Presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie over an alleged libelous publication.

He was at the Registry of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama where he formally deposed to his own witness statement on Oath before the Commissioner for Oaths to kick-start the libel suit against Onochie.

Atiku, who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 23, 2019, presidential election, had in May this year threatened legal action against Onochie, who is the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media.

The legal action was in connection to a publication wherein, Onochie on her twitter handled, alleged that Atiku is on the watch list of security operatives in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for alleged criminal matters.

Onochie in the said publication of May 7, 2019, also accused Atiku of shopping for terrorists in the Middle East.