The Vice President, Prof. Remi Osinbajo, is no leaving any stone unturned to wash himself clean of all negative insinuations about his character as have been peddled in the past few days.
A day after he said he would sue two people identified among the clique making graft allegations against him or his office, he has asked Google to remove a video shared on the YouTube channel of Roots TV.
In a petition written on his behalf by Femi Atoyebi & Co, solicitors, and sent to Google Nigeria, he described the video as defamatory.
He then threatened a legal action if the video is not removed.
Below is the body of the petition:
“It is our understanding that you have provided a platform through which an account holder named RootsTV Nigeria, an online news platform that is available through this link… is able to continuously broadcast defamatory contents,” the letter read.
“In the broadcast published on the accounts of RootsTV Nigeria on September 20, 2019, the following incorrect statements and untruths were made:
“a. Our Client was stacking up public funds from agencies directly under his supervision, with a strong insinuation that the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) was the principal organ by which the alleged fraud was perpetrated.
“b. Our Client was unable to explain the alleged imbalance and discrepancies on the account of the FIRS on the interrogation of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Abba Kyari.
“c. Our Client was unable to explain the alleged failed disbursement to all beneficiaries under the Social Investment Programme of the Federal Government in Adamawa State.
“Our Client, therefore, demands that you immediately remove and/or suspend the publication/broadcast of the defamatory publication on the account of RootsTV Nigeria on the platform of YouTube.”
Osinbajo is believed to be a gentleman in the Buhari cabinet but, observers say, some circumstances may have proved him to the wall.
