Nigeria: Fani-Kayode's Lawyer Writes Lai Mohammed, Demands Apology

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Monday fired the first salvo in a series of threats and counter-threats of legal action between the ex-minister and Lai Mohammed, the spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC), giving Mohammed a seven-day ultimatum to apologize to him.

In a letter titled "Libel Publication Against Chief Femi Fani Kayode Published in Vanguard Newspaper of the 30th of June 2014", addressed to Mr. Mohammed, Mr. Fani-Kayode's lawyer demanded an immediate retraction of a publication by the APC spokesperson, in three national newspapers approved by the former minister himself.

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