MOORE ASEIMO ABRAHAM ADUMEIN, J.C.A.(Delivering the Leading Judgment): The appellant was the plaintiff in Suit No. B/655/2003 instituted in the High Court of Edo State holden at Benin City. In his amended statement of claim, the appellant sought the following relief:
Wherefore the plaintiff claims against the Defendants jointly and or severally:-
(a) N50,000,000.00 (Fifty million naira) against the Defendants jointly and or severally in that on or about the 29th day of July, 2003 the Defendants falsely and maliciously wrote and published to, The President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, through the Head of Civil Service, Federal Ministry of Establishment Abuja. The Permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Copying His Excellency, Chief Atiku Abubakar, The Vice President, Abuja, The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Abuja. T…