An Abuja High Court today ordered the release of former President
Obansanjo's controversial book 'My Watch', which had been in the custody
of the Nigerian Customs Service since 2014 following a N20billion libel
lawsuit by PDP chieftain, Buruji Kashamu, asking the court to stop the
distribution of the book because of some things Obasanjo wrote about him
in the book. In the book, Obasanjo described Buruji as a fugitive
wanted in the US. A court, last year, ordered security and law
enforcement agencies including customs to confiscate the book anywhere
they saw the book.
But following Obasanjo's appeal at the Federal High Court, Abuja, he can now distribute it.
Vanguard,
The judge set aside the order of injunction on Monday upon an
application by Obasanjo’s lawyer, Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN).
In doing so, the court barred the Nigerian Customs Service from
collecting demurrage on the books for the period they had been in its
custody.
The court upheld Agabi’s argument that the applicant, a Peoples
Democratic Party chief in Ogun State, Buruji Kashamu, who is currently
pursuing a N20bn libel suit against Obasanjo in the same court,
suppressed vital facts to obtain the order.
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