FIJ’s lawyers Slingstone Law knocked back the letter within three hours of receiving it, with a clear message: see you in court!
All is now set for an epic legal battle between Ibrahim Egungbohun Dende, the notorious smuggler and gunrunner better known as IBD Dende, and the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ).
On Thursday, IBD Dende’s lawyers Bola Aidi (SAN) & Co. emailed a pre-action letter to ‘Fisayo Soyombo, FIJ’s founder, demanding N500 million in damages and a retraction of his Undercover as a Smuggler investigation, among other things.
FIJ’s legal representatives Slingstone Law, led by Abimbola Ojenike, knocked back the letter within three hours of receiving it, writing Bola Aidi with a clear message: see you in court!
Bola Aidi had deemed Soyombo’s Undercover as a Smuggler documentary, published on FIJ, was libelous. He had also condemned the follow-up tweets relating to his client’s involvement in smuggling while collaborating with the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) officials.
