An FCT High Court, in Kubwa on Monday, dismissed a N5 billion libel suit filed by a Chartered Accountant, Nixon Alanza, against THISDAY Newspaper Limited and Diamond Bank PLC.
The plaintiff, through his lawyer, Blessing Timothy alleged that THISDAY made a publication titled ”Diamond bank-list of major delinquent debtors” in 2015 without justification or verification. She held that the publication was totally false and defamatory saying that the plaintiff is neither a Director of Global Scansystems Limited as listed by the defendant nor has he ever guaranteed any loan owed to Diamond Bank.
In its defence, THISDAY through its counsel, Frank Chude, said the Central Bank of Nigeria gave a directive for the bank to publish a list of delinquent debtors.
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