A case brought by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Marlin Sylva, against the publisher of Point Blank News, Mr. Jackson Ude, was successful in an Eastern Pennsylvania United States District Court.
According to information obtained, Ude claimed in a newspaper that the minister had engaged in money embezzlement.
Ude had accused Sylva of paying a $10,000 bribe to each member of the National Assembly in an effort to persuade them to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill, among other allegations made in publications allegedly meant to harm the Minister’s reputation.
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Later, the previous governor of Bayelsa State sued the journalist for slander.
According to The Sun, Justice Joseph F. Leeson. Jr. who presided over the case ordered Ude to take down all publications made against the minister via the Pointblank News website.
Part of the judgement reads;
Mr Ude will reasonably and in good faith take down, delete, and destroy all articles and publications that allege any criminal or other misconduct by Sylva appearing on the Point Blank News website and from Ude’s social media accounts, especially those publications in issue in this case.
