Gani Adam’s Defamation: Sunday Igboho Denies Court Summons

Yoruba Activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has denied being served any court summons in relation to the release of a telephone conversation involving the Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams.

This much was revealed by Igboho’s legal counsel on Monday.

Adams had, earlier, approached an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan over Igboho’s alleged recording and publicly circulating or a telephone conversation between he and another without his approval.

Adams filed for enforcement of his fundamental rights in a suit marked no: M/1006/2024, holding that Igboho’s actions damaged his image as Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland and National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC0.

He, therefore, sought damages to the tune of N5billion.

Adams prayed the court declare his right to the privacy of his home, correspondence, telephone conversations, and telegraphy communications.

The Motion on Notice dated October 15, 2024, also prayed the court’s declaration that, “It is unlawful, illegal and unconstitutional for anyone to surreptitiously record the private telephone conversation between other persons without the consent and authority of the parties to the conversation.

“A declaration that it is unlawful, illegal and unconstitutional for the respondent to covertly record and publicly release or publish the private telephone conversation between the applicant and another person, without the consent and authority of the Applicant.”

However, Igboho’s counsel, Mr. Junaid Sanusi, denied any knowledge of these developments.

“Chief Sunday Adeyemo Igboho is not aware of any suit between him and Mr. Gani Adams, except the defamation suit filed by Chief against Mr. Gani Adams for defamation which comes up on October 29, 2024.

“Therefore, Chief Sunday Adeyemo Igboho will want to wait until he is served with any court process, if any, before reaction will be made.

“Mind you, such reaction will be made only by filing appropriate court papers in reaction to any process that might have been filed by Mr. Gani Adams and not necessarily by joining issue with Mr. Gani Adams on the news media as you know it is not in the character of Chief Sunday Adeyemo Igboho to trade words in the media,” a statement released by Igboho’s Counsel read.