'The aggregate effect of your conduct has been devastating. Our Client a Partner at PUNUKA Attorneys & Solicitors, a legal practitioner of over twenty (20) years post call experience, and a professional of impeccable standing has, as a direct and proximate consequence of your actions, suffered severe damage to her professional reputation, acute emotional distress, well founded fear for her own life and the lives of her family members, and tangible harm to her professional practice,' the letter reads in part.
“To publicly brand a lawyer of her standing as 'THE WORST LAWYER EVER' is not the expression of grievance. It is a deliberate and malicious act of reputational destruction, targeted at counsel for the singular reason that she discharged her professional duty with competence and without fear.
'…It is equally settled that proceedings concerning the custody and welfare of a minor are not fit for public commentary, sensationalism, or social media spectacle. Your actions have not only imperiled our client but have also introduced destabilizing and unlawful dimension into proceedings that ought to be guided solely by the best interests of the child concerned.
'Our client hereby DEMANDS as follows:
'a. Immediately cease and desist from any further direct or indirect commentary publications posts or statements (including via affiliates or cohorts) relating to this matter Our Client opposing counsel or the proceedings while the suit remains sub judice.
'b. Issue clear and unequivocal public statement across all your verified social media platforms (Instagram X etc) expressly withdrawing all prior derogatory defamatory and abusive statements apologizing for the harm caused and directing your associates followers and cohorts to immediately desist from any harassment threats intimidation contact or publication directed at Our Client or her family.
'c. Publish a formal written apology to Mrs. Ebelechukwu Egeonu Enedah (tagging her handle) retracting the defamatory statements and acts of cyberbullying directed against her which apology shall be published with equal prominence on all your verified social media platforms and in at least two widely circulated national daily newspapers in Nigeria. Compensation in the sum of N1000000000 One Billion Naira.
'We do not expect that you will fail to comply with the above demands. However TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to comply with our Client’s demand within 7 Seven days from the receipt of this letter our Client shall commence an action against you at the high court of Lagos to claim the above demands.'
The explosive demand follows Davido's decision to withdraw his custody application after the February hearing.
The singer accused Enedah of delivering a low blow by referencing his late son Ifeanyi who tragically drowned in 2022 during the proceedings.
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