A witness, Ms Linan Okapu, on Monday told an FCT High Court that the Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, on March 30, during a news conference, named Chief Raymond Dokpesi on the list of treasury looters.
Dokpesi, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and chairman emeritus of DAAR Communications Plc, filed the suit on April 30, seeking N5 billion damages from Mohammed and the Attorney-General, Abubakar Malami (SAN).
He alleged that Mohammed and Malami, defamed his character by the inclusion of his name on the treasury looters’ list.
Okapu who was testifying during cross-examination by Mohammed’s Counsel, Mr T.G Akpe, claimed that she watched the news conference on Channels Television and also on line(Youtube)
Okapu , who resides in the UK told the court: “I am aware that the claimant is standing trial in a N 2.1 billion suit at the Federal High Court because the medial reports proceedings of the case.
“I also heard the information minister calling the claimant name and a couple of others were listed as looters of the National Treasury”.
Ms Roselin Adomhi, a business woman, and Jiri Gwoi, a politician, told the court that they were surprised to allegedly hear the information minister listed Dokpesi on the list of looters of the national treasury. Also testifying, Chief Jibrin Osogbwemoe, who claimed thatDokpesi was his childhood friend, informed the court that he was disgusted with the claimant after hearing the news. Read more