Court orders immunoglobulin, SSS to confiscate Obasanjo's new book

A supreme court in national capital these days weekday Gregorian calendar month tenth ordered the officer of Police, Director-General of State Security Services and Controller General of African country Customs Services to confiscate Obasanjo`s book, 'My Watch' from public vendors,
NAN reports.
Justice Valentine Ashi, gave the order when former President Olusegun Obasanjo allegedly went ahead to publish his book titled “ My Watch’’ in spite of a judicial writ created on Dec. 5, restraining him from creating the publication.
"I am of the read that the litigant having gone ahead to publish the book, he ought to thus show cause at intervals twenty one days of the order served on him on why he mustn't be tarred-and-feathered for contempt of court.
"The Inspector-General of Police, the Director-General of State Security Services and therefore the Controller General of African country Customs Services ar herewith directed to recover the book from sales vendors,” the decide ordered.
He directed that the book ought to be unbroken with the registrar of the court unfinished the determination of the suit.

Ashi conjointly restrained the litigant from additional printing, business or current the book “ My Watch’’ that, he aforesaid “touches on the topic matter of the suit before the court.’’

Earlier, counsel to Obasanjo, man Realwan Okpanachi, told the court that the book was printed before the order was granted.

Okpanachi argued that the book had been in circulation since Gregorian calendar month and therefore the order was created on Dec. 5.

The Counsel to Buruji Kashamu, man Alex Izinyo, SAN, submitted that the defendant`s application was a calculated plan to deceive the court.

Izinyo argued that the litigant admitted in his motion papers that the book was printed on Nov. ten and in another paragraph, it absolutely was conjointly expressed that the book was printed on Nov. 2.
“My lord, the burden of proof lay with the litigant to point out the court 3 volumes of the book,’’ he said.

Ashi adjourned to Gregorian calendar month. 13 and 14, 2015, for hearing of the substantive case.

The wire service of African country (NAN) recollects that the complainant man Buruji Kashamu, had earlier dragged former President Olusegun Obasanjo before the court for libel.
NAN additional recollects that Kashamu alleged that the previous self-addressed him as ex-convict within the letter he wrote to President Goodluck Jonathan titled, “Before it's too late’’.

Source: NAN