*Publish apology in 4 national newspapers, cough out N100bn in damages
Abia State governor, Alex Otti, has asked one Mr. Eze Chikamnayo to “retract each of the cocktail of malicious online defamatory publications” he recently made against the governor on his Facebook wall and to pay Dr. Otti N100billion compensation within seven (7) days or face a defamation court action.
Otti made the demand through his consultant counsel, Dr. Sonny Ajala (SAN).
Ajala served Chikamnayo the letter on Thursday, October 2, 2025, demanded the following on behalf of Dr. Otti:
“1. Written retraction on your Facebook Wall titled Iyierioba Chikamnayo of each of the cocktail of the malicious online defamatory publications against our client on your Facebook Wall titled; Iyierioba Chikamnayo on 22/9/2025, 21/9/2025, 14/9/2025, 13/9/2025, 9/9/2025, 15/8/2025 and 21/7/2025 enumerated above and the said retractions to be further published in four national dailies to wit; the Thisday Newspaper, the Punch Newspaper, the Nation Newspaper and the national Ambassador Newspaper.
“2. Written APOLOGY from you to our client to be published/circulated on your Facebook Wall titled Iyierioba Chikamnayo for each of the cocktail of the malicious online defamatory publications against our client on your Facebook Wall titled; Iyierioba Chikamnayo on 22/9/2025, 21/9/2025, 14/9/2025, 13/9/2025, 9/9/2025, 15/8/2025 and 21/7/2025 enumerated above.
“3. Compensation of N100Billion (One Hundred Billion Naira) to our client, for your cocktail of false and malicious online defamatory publications against our client on your Facebook Wall titled; Iyierioba Chikamnayo on 22/9/2025, 21/9/2025, 14/9/2025, 13/9/2025, 9/9/2025, 15/8/2025 and 21/7/2025 as enumerated above for the gross erosion of the reputation of our client before the right thinking members of the public, good people of Abia State that elected our client their Governor in 2023, our clients colleagues in the financial sector and his political associates.
“4. Cease and desist forthwith from writing, authoring, sharing, forwarding defamatory publications of all descriptions on your Facebook Wall titled; Iyierioba Chikamnayo together with any other social/digital platforms concerning the person and office of Dr. Alex C. Otti, OFR.”
The letter also gave notice that should Barrister Eze Chikamnayo “fail, refuse and/or ignore to comply with the demands within SEVEN (7) days from the delivery of the letter to his Facebook Wall, titled; Iyierioba Chikamnayo and his Phone number/Whatsapp;0818-193-3333 respectively, “we shall without further recourse to you seek legal redress for the appropriate remedy against you for your malicious online libelous publication against our client graphically recounted herein.”
