Magu Probe: Falana Denies Receiving N28 Million, Threatens Court Action

Posted by African Examiner Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Across Nigeria, News From The State Monday, July 13th, 2020

By Nwa Diokpa

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prominent lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has denied receiving N28 million from the embattled acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu.

Falana stated this in a letter signed by his lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN) demanding a retraction of the claim by a newspaper which published the story stating that Falana collected the sum of N28m from the former EFCC acting chairman.

The human rights lawyer threatened to instigate a legal action if the publication fails to apologise to him and publish a retraction on its front page within 48 hours.

The letter reads: “I do hope that you will, within the next 48 hours, comply with this gentlemanly request by publication on the front page of your newspaper. Failing compliance, my instruction is to issue a Writ in the tort of defamation in order to afford you an opportunity to prove what you imputed against my client’s character.”

Olumide-Fusika also described the publication as “damning against my client because his entire career as a lawyer has been devoted to fighting human rights abuses and corruption in high and low places”.