Documentary: Court to hear Osinbajo’s suit March 27

Osinbajo had filed the suit through his lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), contesting that the airing of the said documentary was against his fundamental rights.
When the matter came up at the last adjourned date, Falana informed the court that the two defendants had been served, and that he was ready to come back for hearing.
AIT was not represented by any lawyer, while Anthony Okochu represented NTA.
Okochu confirmed that the processes in the matter had been served on his client and that he needed time to respond to the suit.
The matter was adjourned to March 27 for hearing, after necessary processes have been filed and served.
While granting the interim order, Justice  James Tsoho had ordered AIT, NTA and any other broadcast station under the control of  the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), to stop airing similar videos forthwith.
Osinbajo, in the suit, had complained to the court that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), having adjudged him a threat, sponsored documentaries to cause him disaffection in the eye of the public.
AIT and NTA had, for weeks running, aired a documentary detailing the “atrocities” of the APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari.
The stations also had a similar documentary on a national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, chronicling his series of alleged financial misconduct.
Osinbajo maintained that the said documentaries, which allegedly contained untrue information and injurious falsehoods, constitute a personal attack on his person.
He argued that the videos were being aired in violation of his fundamental human right to dignity of human person, right to privacy and family virtue and right to life and/or livelihood as protected by sections 33, 34 and 37 of the 1999 Constitution.