Defamation: Gov's Chief Press Sec, two journalist brothers end feud in Kwara

Date: 2022-12-07

The Chief Press Secretary to the Kwara State Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye and the Akogun brothers who are journalists in the state have settled the feud between them amicably following the intervention of the state executives of the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations, NIPR.

The resolution came after the Ajakaye, accepted an apology from the two brothers.

The Kwara State Police Command had charged the two journalists, Abdulrasheed Akogun of the Freshinsight newspaper and Dare Akogun of Sobi FM Radio Station in Ilorin, to court on the strength of a petition by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor alleging that the duo defamed him in a WhatsApp platform recently.

Rafiu Ajakaye in the petition, said the two brothers alleged that he influenced the last state council election of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, in which Ahmed Abdullateef of the state-owned newspaper, The Herald, emerged as the chairman.

DAILY POST gathered in Ilorin that the spokesman to Governor Abdulrahaman Abdulrazaq withdrew the matter from court on Wednesday.

Similarly, the parties involved in the matter also signed a peace accord signifying the final settlement of the case and unity in the NUJ in the state.

The concerned parties, while signing the resolution?witnessed by the NIPR chairperson, Dr Saadat Abdulbaqi, the Director of Corporate Affairs, University of Ilorin, Kunle Akogun, and Dr Oba Laaro who chaired the reconciliation committee?pledged to sheath their swords and give peace a chance on the firm belief that jaw-jaw is better than war-war.

The decision to withdraw the case before the court followed a peace resolution, jointly signed by the warring parties on November 23, 2022, at NIPR House, Ilorin and spearheaded by the Kwara State chapter of NIPR.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kwara State Government     Funmi Salau     Metro Park     Sulu Gambari     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Labour Party     Abubakar Atiku     Valsolar Consultoria     Kunbi Titiloye     Halimat Yusuf     Atiku Abubakar     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Hauwa Nuru     Oja-Oba     Maryam A. Garuba     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Age AbdulKareem     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Umar Saro     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Ahmad Belgore     Kayode Zubair     Ghali Muhammed     Gbenga Adebayo     Abraysports FC     SUBEB     Tanke Road     Kola Olota     ASMAU PLAZA     Akeem Lawal     Adegoke Bamidele     Ilorin International Airport     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Temitope Ogunbanke     Gambari     Dorcas Afeniforo     Olatunde Olukoya     Students Union Government     Kwara NIPR     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Sanusi Abubakar     NITDA     Balogun Fulani     Peter Obi     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Usman Alkali Baba     LABTOP     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Isiaka Gold     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Labaeka     EFCC     Harmony Holdings     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Adeola Abraham     Noah Yusuf     Paul Odama     Rotimi Atere     Isiaka Oniwa     Isau     Olomu     Salman Suleiman     Ndama Al-hassan     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Gobir     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Ajakaye     Minister     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Roheemat Hammed     Demola Banu     Ogbondoroko     VADA     Aminu Adisa Logun    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Goodluck Jonathan     Hassanat Bello     Chief Of Staff     Ilorin Metro Park     Dogara     CACOVID     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Ojo Fadumila     Oniwasi Agbaye     Madawaki     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Segun Adeniyi     Zainab Abass     Garba Dogo     TESCOM 2025     Rafiu Ajakaye     Wahab Agbaje     Yinka Aluko     Arandun     Paul Olawoore     Shettima     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Suleiman Idris     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Abiodun Oyedepo     Ilorin     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Kayode Zubair     Unicontinental Construction Company     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Bello John Olanrewaju     Col. Taiwo     Justina Oha     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Kwara TV     Alaro     Abioye Bello     Obasanjo     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Mohammed Yisa     Shuaib Olarongbe     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Bola Shagaya     Alapansapa     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Salman Suleiman     Rafiu Olasile     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Rasaq Jimoh     Sanusi Abubakar     Yekini Adio     Tunji Olawuyi     Saadu Alanamu     Assayomo     Bankole Omisore     Share-Tsaragi     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Najim Yaasin     Abraham Ojo     Alabe     Fatimoh Lawal     Clara Nwachukwu     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Alfa Yahaya Road     TESCOM     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Shehu Adaramaja     Elelu     Olupako Of Share     Al-Ilory     Taofeek Sanusi     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs