Magu: Appeal Court Reserves Judgement In N100m Defamation Case Against NAN

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reserved its judgment in the appeal filed by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) and Ismaila Chafe against the judgment of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja, following their  defamatory publication against the Founder and  General Overseer of the  Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministry International in Abuja, Prophet Emmanuel Omale.
Omale had, on 24 July 2020, filed a defamation suit marked CV/2290/2022 before the FCT High Court against NAN and Chafe and cited the publication on NAN’s website with a libellous headline- “How Magu used Pastor to launder looted funds abroad report”, saying that the story was false, defamatory and injurio...