A high court sitting in the Gwagwalada area of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory , has fixed February 14, 2022, for the hearing of a defamation suit filed against the anchor of the popular Brekete family show on Abuja-based human rights radio, Ahmed Isah, by the head of media and protocol at theMr Benjamin approached the court to press charges of allegations of “defamation and false allegations,” against Mr Isah, who is popularly called Ordinary President by his followers.
Mr Benjamin through his Lawyers said on April 16, 2021, between 7:30a.m and 10a.m, Mr Isah, while on-air on Human Rights Radio and Television , put a call to him via his Mobile No. 080xxxxxxx during which Mr Isah “maliciously defamed the claimant by impugning, maligning and discrediting his integrity and reputation as the PRO of JAMB and an academic.”
JAMB’s spokesperson, Mr Benjamin, while responding to the inquiry by the anchor, explained that the policy was put in place to fight Identity theft. “I am asking on behalf of Nigerians and that is the reason why they are paying you money there,” Mr Isah replied amid cheers and claps from his guests in the premises where he was broadcasting from.