Justice Enobie Obanor of the Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar, to pay N10m as damages to the Senior Pastor and General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman, for publishing derogatory comments against him.
The court also restrained her from further publishing defamatory statements against the cleric.
According to the Certified True Copy of the judgment dated April 8, 2024, the cleric accused Abubakar of publishing libelous statements on her Instagram page @halimabubakar, which was published by several blogs and newspapers.
The cleric specifically said Abubakar accused him of being a womaniser and diabolical, among others.
In his judgment, Justice Enobie Obanor noted that Abubakar was allowed to defend herself in the matter but failed to do so.
While resolving the issue in favour of Apostle Suleman, the court also ordered Abubakar to publish a retraction of her defamatory statements on her Instagram handle @Halimabubakar.
It also ordered the defendant to pay for the deleting of all links and reportage of the said defamatory comments on all platforms on the internet.
