Former Imo governor Ikedi Ohakim has asked a high court in the state to discontinue a N5 billion libel suit he filed against his alleged estranged mistress, Chinyere Amuchienwa.
It came after an Abuja high court acquitted Ohakim in a false information suit filed by the Inspector-General of Police, which has been ordered discontinued.
Ohakim’s counsel Aloy Ejimakor told the court in Owerri the former governor was discontinuing the case after being exonerated by a report from the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
Ohakim said that he had sought and obtained a copy of the report by the government agency and as such felt that there was no need to continue with the case wince he has been vindicated since he and exonerated.
However Amuchienwa’s counsel, Ifeanyi Nweze, had objected to tendering of the report, saying that it had not been made available to him, but Ohakim’s counsel contended that he was not obliged to avail the report to the respondent since it’s a public document.
This led to an argument between both counsels until the Presiding Justice, Justice G Chukwunyere, had to call them to order on several occasions.
Justice Chukwunyere reserved ruling on the matter and adjourned to April 19, while asking that the respondent should be properly served with the reports of the NAPTIP panel.
