A Bayelsa State High Court presided over by Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro, has awarded N500 million to the former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke, as damages for defamation against the producers and the director of the documentary: “Is It Your Money’’
Mrs Allison- Madueke in suit: BYHC/YHC/CV/180/2024 had dragged the defendants, Chude Jideonwo, Judith Audu, Eromo Egbejule, YNIIJA Limited, and Capital Film Productions Limited to court, praying for ₦ 5 billion damages for the documentary.
She had sought the leave of the court for an order directing the defendants to retract the libellous publications and tender an unreserved apology to be published in three national newspapers in Nigeria, and a daily paper widely circulating in the United Kingdom and the United States respectively.