Deji Adeyanju

Human rights lawyer Deji Adeyanju retracted the alleged defamatory statements made against the acting National Chairman and the acting National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party Umar Damagun, and Senator Samuel Anyanwu, on Friday.

Adeyanju, in a letter dated December 6 written from his law firm, Deji Adeyanju & Partners, and signed by Zainab Otega, tendered an apology for the defamation.

Otega, in the letter addressed to Johnson Usman, SAN, counsel for Damagun and Anyanwu, said the “statements were not intended to defame your clients.”

She further maintained that any perception of defamation in the said statements is regretted and withdrawn with apologies.

The letter reads, “We are solicitors to Deji Adeyanju, Esq (hereinafter referred to as our client), on whose instruction we act.

“Our client received two letters from the law firm of the revered Senior Advocate of Nigeria, J. J. Usman, alleging that some statements he made on a podcast a few weeks ago were deemed defamatory of Damagun and Anyanwu, the National Chairman and Secretary of the PDP respectively.

“Our client’s statements on the podcast were taken out of the bigger context of… Read the full article.

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