Innoson Nigeria Limited and its
Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director, Mr. Innocent Chukwuma, has withdrawn
a fundamental right enforcement suit filed against the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) and five other respondents.
In the Ex-parte application filed
before the court, the business man dragged the Attorney-General of the
Federation (AGF), Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Nigeria Police Force, and
Guarranty Trust Bank (GTB) before the court.
The suit was mentioned on
Thursday but adjourned till Friday, as there was controversy over the coming
into the matter by any of the respondents.
When the matter was mentioned
yestarday, lawyer to GTB, Mr. Adebowale Kamoru, while citing several Supreme Court
authorities insisted that GTB must be heard in the Ex-parte application.
The GTB lawyer submission was
strongly opposed by the lawyer to innoson Nigeria Limited and Mr. Innocent
Chukwuma.
The presiding judge, Justice
Hadizat Rabiu-Shagari, had to adjourned the suit till Friday, as both parties
were unable to reach a concession on the matter.
At the resumed hearing of the
application on Friday, Innoson’s lawyer, Professor MacCharty Mbaduagha, told
the court of his clients’ intention to withdraw the suit, due to the filing of
a counter by the sixth respondent, Guaranty Trust Bank.
Innoson lawyer says: “giving the
development as at yesterday, we filed a motion Ex-parte on 20 December, 2017,
we did not serve the processes on any of the respondents.
“Yestarday, the sixth respondent
was represented on Ex-parte application, counsel made submission and informed
the courtyard that the sixth defendant had indeed filed a counter to the
Ex-parte application.
“We brought this to the notice of
our client and he instructed us to withdraw it, and find out why due process is
not follow in the circumstance.
“We duly and humbly apply to
withdraw the suit”.
In response, GTB lawyer,
Adebowale Kamoru, said they are not opposing the withdrawal of the suit.
He, however, stated that they
will await the applicants’ investigation how his clients got to know about the
suit.
Ruling on the application, the
presiding judge, Justice Hadizat Rabiu-Shagari, granted to Innoson request.
“In view of the application of
the applicants’ counsel, the application is hereby granted.
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