Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Thursday urged the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja to dismiss a N5 billion defamation suit filed against the State Security Service (SSS).

The organisation, joined by two of its agents - Sarah John and Gabriel Ogundele - as co-plaintiffs, argued that the claimants failed to prove that the alleged defamatory statements were directed at them personally.

In the suit marked FCT/HC/CV/4547/24 before a judge, Yusuf Halilu, SERAP's lawyer, Victoria Bassey, adopted her client's final written address and urged the judge to dismiss the suit.

Citing the Supreme Court decision in Onu v Agbese, Ms Bassey argued that a plaintiff must show that a p...