Court fines Halima Abubakar N10m for defaming Apostle Suleman

For making defamatory remarks about Apostle Johnson Suleman, the senior pastor and general overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Nollywood actress Halima Abubakar has been slammed with an N10 million punishment.

The actress from Deadly Plot was ordered by a Federal Capital Territory High Court on Monday to give the clergyman the money as compensation.

Apostle Suleman accused the actress of making disparaging remarks about him on her Instagram page, which were then picked up by multiple blogs and media, according to a certified authentic copy of the ruling.

Justice Enobie Obanor stated in his ruling that Abubakar had the opportunity to defend herself in the case but chose not to.

The judgment partly reads: “The statements published by the defendant against the claimant on her Instagram handle, @halimabubakar, falsely and maliciously written and published to the general public, are defamatory of the claimant’s person.

“The sum of N10,000,000 only to the claimant as aggravated and exemplary damages for libel contained in the publication of the defendant against the claimant on her Instagram handle, @Halimabubakar and caused to be published in several blogs.”

The court also prohibited Abubakar from writing about Apostle Suleman in other publications.

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