Onyeka Onwenu Ordered To Publicly Apologise To Okoroji And Pay Him N5m For Defamation

The order was given yesterday by a Lagos state High Court.

Chief  Tony Okoroji, former president of PMAN and chairman, copyright society of Nigeria(COSON) and Ms. Onwenu has been at war since 2011 when Okoroji went to court following a perceived defamatory article in Vanguard Newspaper.

Reacting to the judgment, Okoroji said :

"Once again, the court have come to my rescue proving that despite what may be said to the contrary, you can obtain justice in Nigeria. 

I wish I never had to take Ms. Onwenu to court, she however left me with little  choice.

I went to court in self defense.  Till today I donot know what wrong I did to her. As someone I considered a close colleague and friend, I was shocked at the level of hatred she had generated within herself  to justify all her consuming campaign of lies without foundation to destroy the one thing she knows I cherish most my integrity. "

Every appeal to Ms. Onwenu to reconsider what she was doing fell on deaf ears.

Three years ago , Onyeka went to the police special Anti-Robbery Squad(SARS) in Ikeja to wickedly report that I was chasing her around at night in a red jeep in her neighbourhood with  the intent to assassinate her.