The General Overseer, Divine Hand
of God Prophetic Ministry, Prophet Emmanuel Omale, has sued First City Monument
Bank Plc for N5bn.
Omale, who claims to be the
spiritual guide of the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, said FCMB falsely reported to the Nigerian
Financial Intelligence Unit that N570m was paid into his church account, thereby,
leading to accusations that the money was used in purchasing a house in Dubai
for Magu.
The suit marked FCT/HC/CV/2020,
was instituted by Omale; his wife, Deborah Omale; and the church, the
Incorporated Trustees of the Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministry.
The claimant stated that in 2016,
the FCMB falsely reported to the NFIU that N570m was paid into the church’s
bank account marked 1486743019 which caused security agents to put the account
under surveillance for four years.
The statement of claim read in
part, “Sometime on or about the 6th day of July 2020 the former acting Chairman
of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, was arrested and summoned to the Presidential
Villa, Abuja, to appear before the Presidential Investigation Committee on the
Alleged Mismanagement of the EFCC, Federal Government Recovered Assets and
Finances From May 2015 to May 2020.
“That one of the key allegations
levelled at the Presidential Investigation Committee against Mr. Ibrahim Magu,
was that the 2nd Claimant (Prophet Omale) fraudulently and corruptly purchased
a real estate property for Mr. Ibrahim Magu in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates
with the said sum of N573, 228, 04 allegedly credited as an inflow into the 1st
Claimant’s (church’s) Corporate Current Account No: 1486743019 in the year
2016.”
The claimant stated that due to
the investigation and negative media reports, they were exposed to public
hatred and contempt and injured in their religious calling.
The cleric said he and his wife
were summoned to appear on August 10, 2020, before a Presidential Investigation
Committee at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Omale and his wife, accompanied
by their lead Senior Counsel, Gordy Uche (SAN), and a team of four senior
lawyers appeared before the panel on August 10, 11, and 12 and were grilled for
hours on their alleged roles in respect of the sum of N573m used in fraudulently
and corruptly purchasing a real estate property for Magu in Dubai.
The cleric said they paid Uche
(SAN) & Co., the sum of N15m to appear and represent them for three days
before the said Presidential Investigation Committee and attached a copy of the
receipt to the statement of claim.
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