By Henry Umoru
The Vice Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC and former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has threatened legal action against Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, demanding a retraction and apology over what he described as alleged defamatory comments made against him.
In a legal notice issued through his lawyers and made public by his media aide, Hon. Saifullahi Hassan, Kwankwaso who warned that he would seek N10 billion in damages if the cleric fails to retract the statements within 24 hours, the 2023 Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP said that Ayodele allegedly described him as “fake to Obi,” just as the Primate had claimed that he alleged that he had been paid to accept the vice-presidential position on the NDC ticket.
The letter, dated June 11, 2026, accused Primate Ayodele of making “false, malicious and defamatory” remarks during a public sermon that was reportedly livestreamed and widely circulated on social media and news platforms.
Defending the former Kano State governor’s reputation, the legal team in the letter stressed that Kwankwaso had spent decades building a record of public service and political leadership, serving as governor, minister, senator, deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, presidential candidate and now vice-presidential candidate.
