The Chairman of Innoson Group,
Innocent Chukwuma, has broken silence on why he withdrew his fundamental rights
enforcement lawsuit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC).
In a statement Monday, Mr.
Chukwuma explained that he withdrew the lawsuit against the anti-graft agency
after he learnt that GTBank had allegedly compromised the process.
“GTBank became aware of the
pendency of the suit, got all the copies of the processed filed in the suit,
then filed a counter affidavit and on December 21 and got it assigned to a
complaint judge,” according to the statement by Cornel Osigwe, Head of
Corporate Communications at Innoson Group.
He said that an ex parte
application he filed before a Lagos court was summarily taken over by GTBank
before it was determined.
Mr. Chukwuma filed the ex-parte
motion had on December 20 to compel the EFCC to respect his fundamental rights,
a day after he was arrested by anti-graft operatives at his residence in Enugu.
He said even though GTBank was
not joined in the suit, the bank allegedly sent its legal representatives to
pry on the court process filed by Mr. Chukwuma’s lawyers.
Mr. Osigwe said the attention of
the Acting Chief Judge of the Federal High Court had been drawn to the matter
for a thorough investigation.
Recall that the EFCC slammed
fraud charges on Mr. Chukwuma, the industrialist owner of the indigenous auto
manufacturer, Innoson Motors.
The allegations border on
attempted fraud, stealing, and forgery of shipping and financial documents.
His arrest followed his failure
to honour an invitation from the EFCC, the agency said.
Mr. Chukwuma, however, denied
receiving any invitation for questioning.
He challenged the EFCC to produce
evidence of any invitation sent to him before the public.
The industrialist was released in
the evening of December 20, but his trial is expected to commence soon,
although no date has been fixed yet.
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