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.
EFCC Boss, 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.