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PFIZER INCORPORATED & ANOR
V.
MOHAMMED

(2013) JELR 35343 (CA)

Court of Appeal 4 Mar 2013 Nigeria
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- The Respondent/plaintiff sued the Appellants including “Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals” (the 2nd Defendant), seeking damages for libel and related injunctive reliefs, but later applied to amend the name of the 2nd Defendant to “Pfizer Nige

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Suit Number:CA/K/188/2008
Judges:AMIRU SANUSI Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria ABDU ABOKI Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria THERESA NGOLIKA ORJI-ABADUA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:Chief Anthony Idigbe, S.A.N.; Nelson Uzuegbu, Esq; Mrs. Ebele Enedah, Esq. For Appellant A. B. Mahmoud, S.A.N.; Oseni Sejillahi, Esq. For Respondent

THERESA NGOLIKA ORJI-ABADUA, J.C.A. (Delivering The Leading Judgment): By the civil Summons dated the 11th April, 2008 and the statement of Claim dated 16th April, 2008, the Respondent commenced a civil proceeding against the Appellants and sought for the following reliefs:

"1. An order of injunction directing the Defendants to expunge the offending paragraphs from the purported Statement of Defence.

2. An order of this Honourable court directing the Defendants to remove forthwith from their website and any other form of electronic medium the offending paragraphs contained in their purported Statement of Defence.

3. An order of this Honourable court directing the Defendants to offer an unreserved apology to the Plaintiff and publish same on their website and in at lease two major Nigerian Newspapers with nationwide circulation.

4. $100,000,000.00 (One Hundred Million United States Dollars Only) damages including aggravated damages for libel transmitted to the whole world on http: // w…

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