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    PointBlank Publisher restrained from publishing defamatory materials against Bulet, Abubakar Funtua

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    PointBlank Publisher restrained from publishing defamatory materials against Bulet, Abubakar Funtua

    A high court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has ordered the publisher of a US based online medium, Jackson Ude, not to publish “defamatory materials” against Bulet International Limited and Abubakar Ismaila Isa Funtua, a businessman.

    Udeh is the chief executive officer of Pointblank News, a popular media while
    Bulet International is an Abuja based indigenous construction company, owned by former President of Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Alhaji Isa Funtua.

    The order was given by Justice Yusuf Halilu following an ex parte motion filed by Bulet International and Isa.

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    The Court granted the interim order restraining the publisher from further publication of defamatory materials.

    Apart from Mr. Ude, joined in the suit suit No: CV/1823/20

    as defendant was Nigerian Young Professionals Forum (NYPF).

    The court, after listening to Counsel to plaintiffs , Chief Michael Andoakaa (SAN) further granted the application to serve the defendants the writ of summons and all other court processes by subsititued service through the electronic mail and social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter.

    It also ordered pasting of the processes on a conspicuous space at the 1st defendant’s known address within jurisdiction.

    The court adjourned the suit to July 9, 2020 for hearing.

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