The Acting Chairman of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has filed a suit
at a Lagos High Court, against The Sun newspaper over an alleged defamation.
Magu, in a statement of claims,
signed by his lawyer, Wahab Shittu, wants the court to declare that the story
published in Saturday Sun of March 25, 2017, which talked about two houses
allegedly linked to his wife, defamed him.
Magu also demands that the court
declares “an order for publication of apology, retraction and rebuttal of the
libelous material by defendants on the front page of the Saturday Sun newspaper
for seven consecutive editions of the newspaper and two other major newspapers
for seven consecutive days.”
The Acting Chairman of EFCC also
wants the court to place an order of “perpetual injunction restraining the
newspaper or their cronies, group of people, association or anyone, however,
called through the defendants or any newspaper/magazine, from further
publishing or disseminating the libelous materials or similar one against the
claimant forthwith.”
He urged the court to award,
“damages in the sum of N100 million only against the defendants and in favour
of the claimant.”
Shittu had earlier in March
written a letter threatening to sue The Sun for N5bn if it didn’t retract its
story.
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