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Linda Ikeji, a popular blogger, boasted of employing 100 attorneys to appeal the N25 million judgment against her for allegedly publishing libelous content on her site.
Mrs Ajibola Ajayi, daughter of former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, said this on Twitter in response to a judgment by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, ordering her to pay N25 million in general and exemplary damages to a claimant.
She also chastised Olaniwun Ajayi LP, the law company that represented Ajayi, for using her name to "grab clout" on Twitter.
According to the law firm, her blog was also asked to issue a written apology.
According to Linda Ikeji, Ajayi mentioned several Ladoke Akintola University protesting students as a
“generation of mannerless children”.
But the former Oyo governor’s daughter after the publication issued a press statement noting that the Instagram page quoted by Linda Ikeji, ‘conceited_csj’, was not hers.
Subsequently, Ajayi secured the services of a law firm, Olaniwun Ajayi LP, on the matter.
It was learnt that in a judgement delivered on April 12, 2022, the court held that the publication by Linda Ikeji was “false and malicious”.
According to Linda, the law firm filed the same case in both Lagos and Abuja High Courts without her knowledge.
Apart from calling Olaniwun Ajayi LP’s lawyer, Ogunmuyiwa Balogun, ‘an idiot’, she also described the lawyer as “inexperienced 26 years old”.
She tweeted, “Lol. You’re such an idiot lawyer. I hear you’re an inexperienced 26 year old? How can you file in Lagos and Abuja on the same issue? And then you don’t even inform me? Hope you’re ready for Appeal Court and Supreme Court? And a countersue? Tell your client to get ready!
“Also if you’re using my name to catch clout like this on social media, gloating and happy… does this mean I’m the biggest client your firm has ever sued and won against? Or is this how you announce all your victories? I should sue you for using my name like this.
“I’m supposed to be scared? I can pay 100 lawyers. So let’s go!
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