Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, has taken Bash Ali to court for allegedly making defamatory, false, and unfounded charges against him in an online video.
This current video is made in the absence of an ongoing libel suit filed by the minister, which seeks damages of N5 billion from Bash Ali for defamatory statements made in the past.
Bash Ali has threatened violent and disruptive acts against a functional unit of the Federal Government of Nigeria in the current video, in addition to exacerbating prior defamatory crimes.
According to a statement signed by Toyin Ibitoye, the Special Assistant on Multimedia to the minister, “As a responsible public office holder, the Minister will not sit back and allow the threats materialize. If Bash Ali could have the effrontery to make and publicize a video where he not only made allegations against the person of the Hon. Minister, but also threatened to halt the operations of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, then, it is compelling that the security agencies are put on alert so as to avoid a future situation of regret where things are taken for granted.
“On a personal note, the Hon. Minister will continue to diligently press his libel claims against Bash Ali and will also seek further remedies that the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria avail him. To this end, he has briefed Bode Olanipekun, SAN of the law firm of Wole Olanipekun & Co to continue with the prosecution of the case.
The statement urged members of the “public to disregard this latest antics which is in continuation of a pattern from Bash Ali against two past Ministers of Youth and Sports Development and the current one. We also alert media outlets about the risks and consequences of disseminating such false and malicious stories.”
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