Former President of the Nigerian Senate and immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim wants N2b for general and aggravated damages. In separate suits filed through his lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome at an Abuja, Federal Capital Territory High Court, Anyim claimed that he has suffered insults and damages to his person over the Centenary City Project which he previously supervised.
In the suits marked CV/2598/15 and CV/2599/15, Anyim claimed that he had been labeled with derogatory names like 419er, corrupt former SGF, fraudster etc
The defendants in the suits are Dr Cairo Ojougbo who is the National Vice Chairman of the People's Democratic Party, PDP and Comrade Timi Frank who is the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The former Senate President and SGF said that libelous materials sponsored by the defendants and published in several national dailies had ignited and fueled attacks on his integrity as a public servant.
Anyim Pius Anyim who was Senate President from August 2000 to May 2003 had supervised the Centenary City Project as SGF in the Goodluck Jonathan administration. The Centenary City is being built on a large expanse of land near the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, in Abuja.
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