Court has ordered Linda Ikeji to pay 30 million naira in damages for defamation.

 A court in Effurun, Delta State, ruled that Linda Ikeji must pay 30 million naira to the Neo-Black Movement of Africa (NBM) for making false and damaging statements about them.

The judge, Justice Roli Daibo-Harriman, also ordered Linda Ikeji to pay an additional N300,000 to cover the Neo-Black Movement of Africa's (NBM) legal fees on top of the N30 million in damages.

The court additionally required Linda Ikeji to remove the defamatory post from her blog and prohibited her from making any future negative statements about the Neo-Black Movement of Africa (NBM) or its members.

The people who sued Linda Ikeji were the official representatives of the Neo-Black Movement of Africa (NBM), along with three individuals: Ese Kakor, Felix Kupa, and Mayor Onyebueke. 

The Neo-Black Movement of Africa (NBM), along with three individual members, sued Linda Ikeji after she rejected their request to remove a defamatory post published on her blog in October 2021 and apologize for it.

The blog post by Linda Ikeji on October 19, 2021, allegedly described the Neo-Black Movement of Africa (NBM) in negative terms, including calling them a cult group and a criminal organization.