Information reaching our newsroom showed that some of the
allegations attributed the 'common criminal abduction’ style to the Presidency.
While others linked it up with unending business transaction
with GTBank that went awry, but left over N10bn fine against GTBank.
Our sources also said Innocent Chukwuma was allegedly arrested
and brought to Lagos on the orders of GTBank, who of late has developed keen
interest in the motor business of Innoson.
Yet others posited, the alleged commando arrest orchestrated due
to the recent feat of the motor manufacturing company which manufactured some
products for the Nigeria Army and Airforce specifically, which hitherto were
imported.
Further, industry observers alleged that GTBank may be using
every available means to undermine Innoson, so that it will not pay series of
fines awarded against the bank in a multiple suits.
However, the Public Relations and Media Assistant to Innoson
Group, Mr. Cornel Osigwe, had in efforts to set the records straight, recently
informed that Guaranty Trust Bank PLC (GTB) alleged the imposition of excess
and unlawful charges running into Billions of Naira on Innoson Nigeria Limited’s
current account with it.
Equally, he said, GTB fraudulently appropriated these
Billions of Naira from Innoson’s account, which led to the suit No:
FHC/AWK/CS/139/2012 against GTB and therein got judgment in excess of
N4.7Billion against GTB. GTB appealed against the judgment to the Court of
Appeal, vide, Appeal No: CA/E/288/2013. There, the Court of Appeal ordered GTB
to pay over N6Billion being the judgment with the accrued interest.
According to him, in a separate case, suit No:
FHC/L/CS/603/2006, the Federal High Court ordered GTB to pay over N2.4Billion
to Innoson, which GTBank also appealed on No: CA/I/258/2011 which Court of
Appeal dismissed and ordered GTB to pay the N2.4Billion to Innoson.
Finding no justifiable way of getting Innoson to abandon the aforesaid
judgments, which as at today is over N10Billion given the post judgment
interest, or to let it pay a lesser sum to Innoson, GTB instigated the Police
to initiate a trumped up charge – Charge No: FHC/L/565c/2015 against Innoson
Nig Ltd. This charge was filed on 21st December 2015.
ITRealms gathered that when
the Inspector General of Police discovered that the charge is a trumped – a
ruse – it withdrew the charge through its Notice of Withdrawal dated 17th
February 2016 and adequately filed same in the court.
Afterwards,
the Inspector General of Police urged the Court to strike out the charge but
for some strange reasons the court adjourned the matter rather than strike it
out. After this but before the next adjourned date, Mr. Diri – the former
Director of Public Prosecution, Federal Republic of Nigeria – wrote a letter
claiming that the Attorney General of the Federation had taken over the case.
ITRealms
equally gathered that the
said backdated letter was never initialed by the Registrar or any officer of
the Court nor filed at the Court’s Registry as required by law and practice was
rather smuggled into the case file. This letter coupled with other activities
of Mr. Diri led to his being relieved of his post as the Director of Public
Prosecution.
Osigwe pointed
out that currently, the Inspector General of Police, whether former or present
has not filed any new charge against Innoson Nigeria Ltd and its managing
director and Mr. J. I. Ajakaye who apparently is acting without any authority
is not a Police Officer.
The matter
came up on Monday, 24th October 2016 for the presiding judge to recuse himself
from presiding over the charge and for same to be struck out having been
withdrawn. Mr. Ajakaye never and did not serve any charge on the counsel representing
the defendants in the matter.
Osigwe
explained, a charge is an originating process and can only be served on a
defendant and not his lawyer.
Ozo Nweke Ozo/GEE
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