Peter Obi vs Okonkwo: Shehu Sani Cautions Nigerians Against Posting Defamatory Content On Social Media

Human right activist, former Senator Shehu Sani has warned Nigerians against posting defamatory content on social media to avoid getting slammed with defamation lawsuits.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the former senator, who commented on Mr Peter Obi’s N5 billion defamation suit against Mr Kenneth Okonkwo in an X.com post, urged Nigerians to be conscious of the fact that they can be brought before a magistrate or a High court judge before calling names and making allegations on social media.

‘Peter is reportedly dragging Keneth to Court for defamation. There’s nothing wrong with that. Every citizen has the right to do that.

The Court is a temple where you go to seek for justice or protection. We have been dragged to Court many times for libel and defamation and we also dragged some.

As a Citizen, Just be prepared that as long as you are in the Social Media space ,Calling names and making allegations ,you can be dragged to a magistrate or the High court.  Just make sure that you have a proof of whatever you are going to say or post, and you have money to pay lawyers. If you carefully study the way experienced lawyers behave on Social Media, you will see that they are very cautious about what they post.

Don’t be carried away by Social Media likes and friends; when you are sued, they will never escort you to the court or contribute to pay your lawyers.  A man holding public office can ignore defamation but an ordinary citizen may not’ he submitted -Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079,  08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you