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A Delta State High Court sitting at the Warri Judicial Division on Thursday, February 5, granted an interim injunction restraining one Jude Gbaboyo Akpodubakaye from posting defamatory videos against the claimant, pending the hearing of the interlocutory injunction in suit number W/39/2025 between Dennis Brutu Otuaro v. Jude Gbaboyo Akpodubakaye.
The court, presided over by Hon. Justice A. O. Akpovi, granted the lone prayer of the claimant/applicant, Chief Dennis Brutu Otuaro, which read thus:
“AN INTERIM INJUNCTION restraining the defendant, by himself, his privies, assigns, or anybody acting on his instructions or authority, from posting disparaging, damaging, and defamatory posts against the claimant to injure his character and reputation on any of the social media platforms of Meta and X; online or print media platforms, or taking any steps to render the court in a state of complete hopelessness, pending the determination of the motion on notice.”
The claimant/applicant, who is the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, was represented by B. E. Oghenekaro (Mrs.), a lawyer in chambers at the law firm of Otuaro and Otuaro Associates.
The case was adjourned to the 30th day of March and the 27th day of April 2026 for the hearing of the motion for interlocutory injunction and pretrial conference.
Dennis Otuaro instituted this suit for defamation of character against Jude Gbaboyo Akpodubakaye on the 29th day of January 2025.
While the matter was pending before the court, the said Jude Gbaboyo Akpodubakaye allegedly went ahead to post other defamatory videos against the claimant on the 6th day of December 2025.
Consequently, the claimant brought this application to restrain Jude Gbaboyo Akpodubakaye from defaming the claimant pending the determination of the substantive matter.
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