From Yakubu Busari,Jos
Justice P.S. Gang of the High Court in Jos, has entered judgment in favour of a publisher by ordering the 17 Local Government in Plateau state to pay him the total sum of 12.8 millions, being payment for 2015 congratulatory messages and adverts on President Muhammadu Buhari, Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong and his Deputy Prof Sunny Tyoden.
The publisher of Headline Newspaper ,Mr Sunday S. Sule had approached the State High Court demanding the defendants to pay him and his organisation the sum of N16,150,000.00 being total cost of publication of congratulatory messages in the plaintiff magazine of Oct, 2015 at the rate of N950,000.00 per LGAs each .
The plaintiff claims was instituted by a counsel ,Barr S.S.Obende and the application was supported by an affidavit deposed by the applicant himself.
According the plaintiff claims, his medium has remained unpaid by the defendants since they contracted him to run the adverts for them.
However, Justice P. S. Gang in his judgment excluded the 1st,3rd,4th and 6th defendants.
