Innocent Chukwuma, CEO of Innoson
Nigeria Limited, has filed a N200 billion lawsuit against the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
According to a statement shared
with TheCable, the lawsuit has been filed at the Enugu high court by Joseph N.
Mbadugha of McCarthy Mbadugha & Co, the counsel to Innocent Chukwuma.
Chukwuma is suing the EFCC for
defamation, malicious falsehood and unlawful imprisonment.
The Innoson boss had been
arrested by the capital market and insurance fraud unit of the EFCC on December 19, claiming that he
resisted arrest and used forged documents to get tax waivers.
Chukwuma maintained that at no
time did Innocent Chukwuma receive an invitation or was invited by the EFCC or
was there any time he jumped an administrative bail granted by the EFCC, his
spokesperson, Cornel Osigwe, said.
“Innoson is a public figure and a
well-known industrialist of international repute. There is no how he would be
invited by the EFCC and he would ignore or refuse to honour it,” Osigwe said in
the statement.
He also said he did not have any
recent issue with the EFCC.
“The last issue Innoson had with
EFCC was an invitation extended to him in 2012 based on a complaint against him
by Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB). Innoson honoured this invitation and subsequently
EFCC filed a charge against him at the Lagos high court. The charge was
subsequently struck out,” he said.
“However, Innocent Chukwuma and
Innoson Nigeria Ltd appealed against the order striking out on the basis that
it ought to be dismissal and not striking out. The appeal- appeal no:
CA/I/1330Cm/2017 is till date still pending at the court of Appeal Lagos State.
Since then EFCC has never invited him.
“On this premise, Chief Innocent
Chukwuma (OFR) and Innoson Nigeria Ltd are claiming against EFCC; N30 billion
exemplary damages; N30 billion for assault and battery; N30 billion for false
imprisonment; N40 billion for injury to feelings- mental pains and anxiety
arising from malicious falsehood and or defamatory publications of the
defendants against the plaintiffs; N50 billion for injury to plaintiff’s
reputation arising from the said publications; N20 billion for general damages.
“An order that the published
words complained of; be retracted by the defendants and such retraction be
published in two national newspapers, including the Punch Newspapers.”
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