Dogara Warns Premium Times: Retract Your Libellous Story Or We Meet In Court
BY AMOS DUNIA, ABUJA – Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has demanded the retraction of a story by an online news portal, Premium Times which alleged the Federal Ministry of Finance made illegal payments to him and Senate President Bukola Saraki.
Dogara warned that time is fast ticking for the medium and if editors do not immediately retract the story and apologise, he will institute legal action against them as a law abiding citizen of Nigeria
In his reaction to the story via his verified Twitter handle @YakubDogara on Saturday, the Speaker described the story as “journalistic demagoguery” which is fast gaining ascendancy in the country and must be curtailed.
Dogara said if editors of Premium Times do not immediately retract the story and apologise, he will institute legal action against them as a law abiding citizen.
He further said: “This brand of journalistic demagoguery that is currently in the ascendancy in our dear country must be curtailed.
“The writers are as dumb as the fable they are peddling. If no immediate retraction of this supremely idiotic report is made, we will certainly meet in court.”
President of the Senate Bukola Saraki, Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun and the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris have all repudiated the story with Senator Saraki demanding for retraction or he will seek redress in court.
