Dr Betta Edu, Nigeria’s suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, has expressed her intention to take legal action against the British Broadcasting Corporation over what she claims to be defamatory statements.
She made this known through a letter signed by her legal representative, and addressed to the BBC offices in Abuja and London.
In the letter titled ‘Request for immediate retraction of defamatory article published on BBC website against Dr. Betta Edu’, the lawyer expressed the harm caused to Edu’s reputation, as well as the emotional distress and suffering endured as a result of the publication.
It accused the BBC of failing to uphold journalistic fairness and due process by not giving Edu a chance to respond to the allegations prior to publishing the article.
