The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday granted Innoson Nigeria Limited and its Director General Innocent Chukwuma the right to withdraw an ex parte application filed against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Guaranty. Trust Bank Plc. They had sought injunctions against the commission, the Federation Attorney General, the police, the Inspector General of Police and Guaranty Trust Bank Plc. Among other things, Innoson alleged that his arrest and detention by the EFCC was initiated by GTBank. He has since been released.
When the case, filed on Thursday, came up before Justice Rabiu Hadiza Shagari on Friday, GTBank’s lawyer Adebowale Kamoru, urged the court not to hear the ex-parte motion.
He said his client knew about Innoson’s move to get injunction against them, adding that the applicants suppressed material facts.
Kamoru cited several judicial authorities, urging the court to hear his client although the ex-parte motion was not formerly served on them.
Innoson’s lawyer Prof. MacCarty Mbaduagha said he was withdrawing the application.
He said he was instructed by his client to do.
Kamoru did not oppose the withdrawal, following which Justice Shagari granted the application as prayed.
The judge said:Barely 24 hours after his arrest, EFCC on Thursday released Chukwuma on bail.
“In view of the application of the applicants’ counsel, the application is hereby granted.”
The anti-graft agency said Chukwuma and his brother, Charles Chukwuma, were being probed for alleged N1,478,366,859.66 fraud and forgery.
The industrialist was also accused of using forged documents to secure tax waivers.
A statement by the Head of Media and Publicity of EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said: “The EFCC has released the Nnewi, Anambra-State born industrialist, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, on bail.”
The Nation
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