The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday admitted several documentary exhibits into evidence, alleging that Hon. Toby Chuks used his Facebook platform to harm Abia State Governor Alex Otti’s “profile as a financial expert,” among other defamatory claims.
Justice A.O. Obong admitted the evidence during the trial in the suit filed by the governor against Chuks in Suit Number FHC/HC/CV/66/2025.
Among other reliefs, the governor is seeking an “order of the Honourable Court directing the Defendant (Chuks) to pay the Claimant general damages of N50,000,000,000.00 (Fifty Billion Naira) only, for loss of reputation, ruptured profile as a financial expert, erosion of goodwill, fractured political leadership standing, diminished public estimation, and psychological and emotional trauma suffered by the Claimant owing to the false and malicious defamatory online news captioned: ‘What Alex Otti Cannot Destroy Does Not Exist: Vol. 1,’ published on 8th December 2024 against the Claimant on the Defendant’s Facebook wall, ‘Hon. Toby Chuks,’ with 6,000 followers.”
