A journalist who is also editor of a media platform, Pointblank News, Jackson Ude, has denied claims of victory by the supporters of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, in the alleged defamation suit before the United States Court in the Eastern District Court, Pennsylvania in the United States. According to Jackson Ude, the claim that Sylva emerged victorious in the out-of-court agreement was false, criminal and malicious.