WALI, J.S.C. (Delivering The Leading Judgment): In the High Court of justice of Oyo State, Ibadan Judicial Division, the Plaintiff sued the Defendants in Suit No. 1/259/78 claiming for damages for libel falsely and maliciously published of and concerning him in a 1979 almanac called "Voice of Islam" by the 1st Defendant at the instance of the 2nd Defendant. Pleadings were ordered, delivered and exchanged. In that Plaintiff's Statement of Claim, he alleged that the Defendants defamed him by falsely and maliciously printing and publishing of and concerning him in a 1474 Almanac called "Voice of Islam" as revealed hereunder in the following paragraphs of his Statement of Claim:-
"(5) The Plaintiff is a great Muslim Evangelist and preacher and has his reputation throughout the Muslim world as a prolific preacher and converter of many people to Islam through his preaching, that he was nicknamed and called Ajagbemokeferi, meaning that his vocality to pagans has converted many to the Muslim …