Linda Ikeja Calls Olaniwun Ajayi LP inexperienced , an idiot as she's ordered to pay 25million damages

 

Linda Ikeja has come under social media attack over a statement she made about Olaniwun Ajayi LP after the firm won a legal battle against her in court following a "defamatory" publications she made on her blog concerning one Mrs Ajibola Ajayi. With the judgement,the court ordered her to pay a whopping sum of twenty million naira to the plaintiff.

HOW IT STARTED

Olaniwun Ajayi LP took to twitter detailing the judgement he wrote;  " We are happy to have successfully represented Mrs. Ajibola Ajayi, the Claimant in Suit No. FCT/CV/667/2018: Mrs Ajibola Ajayi v. Linda Ikeji in an action filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. 

In the action, the Claimant had sued Ms. Linda Ikeji in respect of the defamatory article published in the latter’s blog,on 15.01.17 and 17.01.17 which cited Mrs. Ajibola Ajayi as having described protesting students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, as a “generation of mannerless children” in an Instagram post with the username “conceited_csj”.

In the judgment delivered on 12.04.2022, the Court held that the publication by Ms. Ikeji was false and malicious and that the evidence before the Court showed that the Defendant knew that the Instagram account with the username “conceited_csj” did not belong to the Claimant.

The Court further held that the publication was made available to readers worldwide which exposed the Claimant to ridicule by members of the public who read the offending article.

In reiterating the trite principle of law that libel is actionable per se, the Court awarded general and exemplary damages in the sum of N25,000,000.00 (Twenty-Five Million Naira) against Ms. Linda Ikeji and directed Ms. Ikeji to publish a written apology to the Claimant……in three National tabloids. 

The Claimant was represented in the action by our Ogunmuyiwa Balogun; and it is our belief that with Judgments like this, media outfits and members of the public will verify sources of their information ahead of publication". The page wrote.

Linda Ikeja, responding to the tweet called him an idiot,a clout chasing and inexperienced lawyer. She wrote, 

 "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 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 😂😂😂 Using my name to get clients. I'm reporting this firm. Get ready".

She also added that in Nigeria everything was possible with money.