Abike Dabiri Slams N500m Suit On Diamond Bank

Former House of Representatives member Abike Dabiri-Erewa, who represented Ikorodu Federal Constituency between 2003 and 2015 Thursday slammed a N500 milion libel suit on Diamond Bank Plc for maliciously publishing her name as one of the bank’s debtors.

Joined as co-defendant in the ensuing legal warfare is The Punch Newspapers Limited.

In an affidavit sworn to by Abike Dabiri-Erewa and filed before the court by a Lagos lawyer Adetokunbo Mumuni, the ex-lawmaker averred that on the 4th of August, 2015,as early as 6 a. m. she was bombarded with calls, text messages and other social media networks telling her about a report in The Punch newspaper of that day which published a report that her company Thriller Endeavours is indebted to Diamond Bank Plc.