Juliet Ibekaku Nwagwu has threatened to file legal action against the Sahara Reporters for spreading false news that she has been indicted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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The threat is contained in a Press Release made available to TheNigeriaLawyer (TNL) Titled: RE: SAHARA REPORTER’S PUBLICATION ON JULIET IBEKAKU NWAGWU,
Okafor says: “We have read with profound dismay a publication by Sahara Reporters, in which it alleged that Mrs. Ibekaku Nwagwu was indicted illegally and benefited from corrupt funds. We have conferred with Mrs. Ibekaku Nwagwu and hereby state unequivocally that the publication is false in its entirety.”
“In the said publication that was published online and widely disseminated by Sahara Reporters to several papers, it claimed that EFCC has alleged that Mrs. Ibekaku Nwagwu benefited from funds that was gifted to the Federal Ministry of Justice in 2011.”
Okafor says the news is without a source because “Since reading that report, we have made efforts to find out the source of the information as we only became aware of such story on the pages of the newspaper. The EFCC is yet to inform Mrs Ibekaku Nwagwu of how she benefited personally from the funds and why her name was mentioned in a document that does not reflect the work she did for the Federal Ministry of Justice.”
She says “Mrs Ibekaku Nwagwu was only an Adviser to the Federal Ministry of Justice on Justice Reform in 2011 as she was on leave of absence from EFCC, her primary place of assignment. She was also providing support through the British High Commission to the Federal Ministry of Justice. She was never a staff of the Ministry of Justice. All her work was geared towards providing training to various departments in the Federal Ministry of Justice. She was also tasked with developing Justice Reform Plans for the Federal Ministry of Justice. She never had any approving or accounting role and therefore could not have benefitted from any fund personally.”
She debunked the statement by Sahara Reporters that the Honourable Justice Funmilayo A. Ajayi of the Federal High Court Benin in Suit No. FHC/B/CS/103/2018 indicted Mrs Ibekaku Nwagwu in November 2019.
The Press Release reads in part:
“It has become necessary to reiterate that Mrs. Ibekaku Nwagwu was not a party to the said suit and at no point was she indicted by the Court. We have read through the record of proceedings and Judgement of the court and no where was Mrs. Ibekaku Nwagwu mentioned in the whole process. The issue of responding to Freedom of Information requests is the responsibility of the Freedom of Information Unit of the Federal Ministry of Justice which they have executed based on the order of the court. The said court ruling is annexed to this letter. At no point was Mrs Ibekaku’s name mentioned. It is also on record that Daily Independent the news medium that first reported the false information withdrew their report and apologized to Mrs Ibekaku.
“(A copy is available at this link: http://saharareporters.com/2020/02/06/president-buharis-judicial-reforms-adviser-juliet-ibekaku-nwagwu-indicted-illegally).
“We shall be taking necessary legal actions to protect her person, her family and hard earned reputation.
ATUEGWU C. OKAFOR ESQ.
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