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Ikoyi whistle-blowers sue FG, EFCC, others

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-Whistle-blowers demand to be paid 2.5-5% whistle blowing fees

Ikoyi whistle-blowers charges FG, EFCC, others to court

A man identified as Abdulmunmini Musa, who claims to have been involved in uncovering the hidden Ikoyi cash, has filed a suit against the federal government over the promised percentage of the discovery.

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Musa disclosed that he gave vital information that led to the discovery of the $43.4m, N23.3m and 27,800 Euros from Flat 7, Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The aggrieved suit was filed at the federal high court, Abuja.

Musa seeks an order compelling the ministry of finance and EFCC to include him as a beneficiary alongside Bala Maina, Steven Sunday, and one Sherrif — persons said to have participated in the whistleblowing exercise.

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In the suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/1158/2017 dated November 22, the plaintiff through it lawyers Hammart & Co listed the EFCC, ministry of finance, and Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), as defendants.

The plaintiff also named the said whistleblowers as defendants in the suit.

READ ALSO: Ikoyi Whistle-blower to be paid before the end of November

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The plaintiff is seeking “a declaration that the plaintiff, the 4th, 5th and 6th defendants actively participated and are instrumental to the whistle-blowing or disclosure of information disclosed to the 1st defendant staff or officers which resulted to the 1st defendant’s (EFCC’s) recovery of the sums $43.4m, N23.3m and 27,800 Euros at Flat 7 Osborne Towers. lkoyi, Lagos state.

“A declaration that the 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants by themselves, their agents or officers cannot exclude, deny or refuse to pay the sum of 2.5 to 5 per cent of the sum of $43.4m N23.3m and 27,800 Euros recovered by the officers or staff of the 1st defendants as a result of the disclosure or whistle blowing resulting to the recovery of the sum of $43.4m, N23.3m and 27,800 Euros of Flat 7 Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos state.”

In a similar development, Sunday, Maina and Sheriff have also filed a suit against the ministry of finance and Malami, seeking that the court to compel them to pay 2.5-5 percent of the whistleblowing fees.

The three whistleblowers are also requesting an injunction restraining Kemi Adeosun, finance minister, from excluding them from the payment of the 2.5-5 percent of the whistleblowing fees.

They had written the office of the minister of finance, calling on her to halt the proposed payment on the basis that they had been shortchanged.