Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - STAR LETTER: “Retraction and Apology by DAAR communications PLC to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu”Monday, February 8, 2016 6:40 AM Mark as

Who lied to the public and why?

The public deserves the right to know.

How come that the once detailed and apparently researched claim that someone stole or wrongly acquired poprerty worth N600 Billion(2 billion dolars equivalent!) or thereabout in Nigeria turned totally false?

Who is bold enough to have erected this kilimanjenro of claims not driven by the force of truth?

Who is this detailed lair, why such a lie and how such detail?

Assuming someone has applied this information to research and scholarship citing the source(s)what becomes of the author and the work?

The deeper the questions we ask the wiser we become!


Lawrence Ogbo Ugwuanyi,Ph.D
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy and Religions
University of Abuja
Abuja-Nigeria
(Formerly Associate Professor of Philosophy,
Great Zimbabwe University, Masvingo)





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On Sat, 2/6/16, Okechukwu Ukaga <ukaga001@umn.edu> wrote:

Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - STAR LETTER: "Retraction and Apology by DAAR communications PLC to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu"
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Date: Saturday, February 6, 2016, 12:51 PM

The second and last
paragraphs of the quoted apology seem over the top and
unnecessary, in my view. In any case the retraction and
apology are appropriate and most welcome.

OU
On Feb 6, 2016 2:19
AM, "Mobolaji Aluko" <alukome@gmail.com>
wrote:


My People:
Now we know HOW, WHEN and WHERE "the devil
struck" Daar Communications and AI - but WHY remains a
mystery.
Or is it?
Not the best of times for the Media in Nigeria,
NPAN and all, one must say....but in any case, we thank God
that the devil has been driven away with a "spiritual
koboko". Hup Nigeria!
And there you have it.



Bolaji AlukoShaking his
head


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THE LETTER
"Retraction
and Apology by DAAR communications PLC to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed
Tinubu" "Further to the terms of
settlement in suit No: ID/196GCMW/2015 between Asiwaju Bola
Ahmed Tinubu and DAAR Communications Plc filed as a result
of the broadcastý of a documentary titled, "Lion of
Bourdillion" and which terms were adopted at the High
Court of Lagos State on 5th February, 2016 as the judgement
of the court, the defendant DAAR Communications Plc hereby
retracts and apologises to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as
follows:
"Daar
Communications Plc, acknowledges that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is
an outstanding political leader of unblemished character and
integrity, as well as a leading public figure and opinion
moulder who has made and continues to make immense, colossal
and gargantuan contributions to the progress and development
of the nation in general and Lagos State in
particular. "Daar
Communication Plc admits that in airing the said
documentary, it had no intention whatsoever to embarrass or
diminish the high reputation of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
which it respects and attests to."Daar
Communications Plc hereby makes a public and unequivocal
retraction of the said documentary titled 'Lion of
Bourdilon', which was broadcast on its television station,
AIT."Daar
Communications Plc hereby tenders unreserved apology to
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the broadcast of the
documentary on its television station, AIT."Daar
Communications Plc prays that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will
live long to make more enormous contributions to the
advancement of our nation, Nigeria, Lagos State and the
world at large."______________________________________________________
SAHARA
REPORTERS

AIT
Apologises To Tinubu Over 'Lion Of Bourdillon'The National Leader of the All
Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday
withdrew the N150bn libel suit he filed against DAAR
Communications Plc, the owner of African Independent
Television.Tinubu filed the suit last March
in protest against a documentary titled 'Lion of
Bourdillon' aired repeatedly on AIT in the build-up to the
2015 general elections.The former Lagos State governor
had, through his lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN),
claimed that the documentary was targeted at lessening him
in the estimation of the public, to the effect that he
corruptly enriched himself while in public
office.Justice Iyabode Akinkugbe, who
presided over the case, had on April 1, last year, granted
Tinubu an interlocutory injunction barring AIT from further
airing 'Lion of Bourdillon' pending the determination of
the suit.The defendant, through its
lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), had, however, maintained
that it did not defame Tinubu, claiming that all the content
of 'Lion of Bourdillon' was not false and had been in
the public domain before they started airing the
documentary.In addition, DAAR Communications
filed a counter-claim demanding N200bn as "aggravated,
punitive and exemplary damages" from Tinubu, for what it
termed damage to its corporate image.But at the resumed hearing of
the case on Friday, both lawyers informed the judge that
their clients had settled the case out of court and prayed
the court to adopt the terms of settlement they filed as the
judgment of the court in the case.Ozekhome said, "We are before
My Lord this morning to do what the court has always
encouraged litigants to do."We have come here today that
every war that is fought is finally resolved at the round
table."Parties have decided to
settle amicably to enable both parties to continue with the
good relationship that they have always had before the devil
struck."Confirming the position,
Olanipekun aligned himself with Ozekhome and urged the court
to adopt the said settlement terms dated January 29,
2016.Consequently, Justice Akinkugbe,
in a short ruling, adopted the settlement terms as the
judgment in the suit.The judge said DAAR
Communications Plc would publicly and unequivocally retract
the said documentary "three times, once
daily."She asked the defendant to
tender an unreserved apology to Tinubu, "three times, one
daily."She ordered them to withdraw
their claims and counter-claims respectively and held that
they would respectively bear the cost spent by them on the
suit.The terms of settlement was
backed with a letter of apology, in which DAAR
Communications begged Tinubu and described him as an
"outstanding political leader of unblemished character and
integrity" and prayed that he would live long "to make
more enormous contributions to the advancement of our
nation, Nigeria."The letter read in part, "DAAR
Communications Plc acknowledges that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed
Tinubu is an outstanding political leader of unblemished
character and integrity, as well as a leading public figure
and opinion-moulder, who has made and continuous make
immense contributions to the progress and development of the
nation in general and Lagos State in
particular."DAAR Communications Plc
admits that in airing the said documentary, it had no
intention, whatsoever, to embarrass or diminish the high
reputation of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu which it respects
and attests to."
THE
NATIONN150bn libel suit:
Dokpesi apologises to TinubuPosted By: Adebisi
ONANUGAon: February 06,
2016


DAAR
Communications, owned by Chief Raymond Dokpesi,yesterday
tendered an unreserved apology to the national leader of
the All Progressive Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu over
the controversial documentary 'Lion of Bourdillon'
aired on African Independent Television (AIT) ahead of
last year's general elections.ýThe
company also opted for an out of court settlement in a
N150 billion libel suit filed by Tinubu against him at a
Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja.Asiwaju
Tinubu accepted the apology as settlement for the
libellous documentary.Tinubu
in filing the N150 billion suit said the money represented
aggravated and exemplary damages for the libellous
documentary.He
said that the documentary, which first airing on
March 1, 2015, was aimed at tarnishing his image.DAAR
communications responded by filing a counter claim of
N200 billioný as aggravated, punitive and exemplary damages
against the claimant.The
matter which came before Justice Iyabo Akinkugbe was later
referred to ýAlternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in
December last year.However,at
the resumed proceedings yesterday, counsel to Dokpesi, Mike
Ozekhome (SAN) informed the court of his client's wish to
embrace alternative dispute resolution.He
said:" Every war that is fought is always settled amicably
at a roundtable."Both
parties have expressed their desire to settle amicably based
on the terms of settlement which my Honourable Lord has been
furnished with."We
reached the agreement to enable both parties to continue
with the good relationship that they have always had. We
have driven the devil away with a spiritual "Koboko",
Ozekhome told the court.Tinubu's
counsel, Wole Olanipekun (SAN) spoke in the same vein.He
said:"I align myself with the submissions and sentiments
of my learned friend. I can also confirm that the terms of
settlement which were drawn up on the 29th of January have
been accepted by both parties."He
express appreciation to the Justice Akinkugbe for
"her patience all through the duration of the suit"
and to Tinubu "who magnanimously agreed to settle out of
court."Justice
Akinkugbe adopted the terms of settlement as judgement of
the court having been filed before the court.The
terms of agreement adopted as judgement of the court include
a retraction of the broadcast by AIT, an apology by AIT
which should be aired three times, once daily on AIT, and
that the claimant and the defendant shall bear their
respective costs in the suit.A
copy of DAAR Communications apology letter entitled,
"Retraction and Apology by DAAR communications PLC to
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinuby" circulated to journalists
reads: "Further to the terms of settlement in suit No:
ID/196GCMW/2015 between Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and DAAR
Communications Plc filed as a result of the broadcastý of a
documentary titled, "Lion of Bourdillion" and which
terms were adopted at the High Court of Lagos State on 5th
February, 2016 as the judgement of the court, the defendant
DAAR Communications Plc hereby retracts and apologises to
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as follows:"Daar
Communications Plc, acknowledges that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is
an outstanding political leader of unblemished character and
integrity, as well as a leading public figure and opinion
moulder who has made and continues to make immense, colossal
and gargantuan contributions to the progress and development
of the nation in general and Lagos State in
particular. "Daar
Communication Plc admits that in airing the said
documentary, it had no intention whatsoever to embarrass or
diminish the high reputation of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
which it respects and attests to."Daar
Communications Plc hereby makes a public and unequivocal
retraction of the said documentary titled 'Lion of
Bourdilon', which was broadcast on its television station,
AIT."Daar
Communications Plc hereby tenders unreserved apology to
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the broadcast of the
documentary on its television station, AIT."Daar
Communications Plc prays that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will
live long to make more enormous contributions to the
advancement of our nation, Nigeria, Lagos State and the
world at large."



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