Expdonaloaded News; Lawyer writes PDP over unsettled advertisement debts

The failure of the disbanded Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential  Declaration  Committee, led by Senator Aniete Okon to settle newspapers’ advertisement debts incurred in the course of its assignment  has led to a face off between the organisation and reporters of certain national dailies in the country.

Expdonaloaded blog checks revealed that a Kaduna-based lawyer, Festus Okoye had written a letter to the National Chairman of the party, Adamu Mu’azu, demanding the payment of N6, 952,405.00, being the total  debt the committee has refused to pay.
In the letter dated May 11, 2014 Okoye  stated that his client, Ibrahim Musa, the Bureau Chief of New Telegraph Newspaper in Kaduna State had placed centre spread advertisement on December 24, 2014 in Daily Trust, Leadership, Expdonaloaded blog,The Sun and Vanguard acting on the instruction of Dr. Okey Ikechukwu,  a member of  the Senator Okon-led Committee.
Okoye further disclosed that four months after,  several efforts to get the committee to redeem its pledge yielded no result.
In the letter addressed to the PDP national chairman,  copy of which was made available to Expdonaloaded blog, the party has been given  two weeks deadline to settle the outstanding debt or face legal action.
“Our client has exercised sufficient restraint in relation to the payment for these advertisements and his integrity and the livelihood of some of his colleagues are at stake.”
“We plead that you use your good offices to ensure that our client is paid to enable him meet his own commitments to his colleagues and their newspaper medium.
“Our client has given us the mandate to use all legal and constitutional means to affirm the integrity of the contract but we feel that we should explore an amicable resolution of this matter.