Judy Austin drags Rita Edochie to court, demands N1bn over alleged defamation

Actress Judy Austin has dragged seasoned actress, Rita Edochie earlier the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, implicit alleged defamatory statements, demanding N1 cardinal successful damages.

Austin disclosed the improvement successful a station connected her verified Instagram, wherever she shared a transcript of a writ of summons filed against Edochie.

The suit listed Austin arsenic the claimant and Edochie arsenic the defendant.

In the writ, Austin is claiming N1 cardinal arsenic wide damages for alleged defamation.

“The sum of N1,000,000,000.00 (One Billion Naira) only, arsenic wide damages for defamation,” the tribunal papers stated.

She is besides asking the tribunal to bid Edochie to people a full, unreserved retraction and apology successful astatine slightest 2 wide circulated nationalist newspapers and connected her societal media platforms.

The claimant is further seeking a perpetual injunction restraining Edochie, her agents and privies from further publishing oregon circulating the alleged defamatory statements against her.