Prophet Emmanuel Omale who is the General Overseer of ‘Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministries International, has Instituted a defamation suit before the Federal High Court, Abuja, against First City Monument Bank (FCMB) for allegedly reporting to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit that N570m was paid into his church account

Parties to the suit are the pastor; his wife, Deborah Omale; and the Incorporated Trustees of his church as Plaintiffs while FCMB is the Defendant. Omale is seeking the sum of N5 Billion as damages.

Omale, who claims to be the spiritual guide of the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, said FCMB’s falsely report to NFIU has lead to accusations that the money was used in purchasing a house in Dubai for Magu

“Sometime on or about the 6th day of July 2020 the former acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, was arrested and summoned to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to appear before the Presidential Investigation Committee on the Alleged Mismanagement of the EFCC, Federal Government Recovered Assets and Finances From May 2015 to May 2020.

“That one of the key allegations levelled at the Presidential Investigation Committee against Mr. Ibrahim Magu, was that the 2nd Claimant (Prophet Omale) fraudulently and corruptly purchased a real estate property for Mr. Ibrahim Magu in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates with the said sum of N573, 228, 04 allegedly credited as an inflow into the 1st Claimant’s (church’s) Corporate Current Account No: 1486743019 in the year 2016.”

“That Mr. Adam Nuru in his testimony informed the Presidential Investigation Committee that the said N573M was credited to the bank account of the 1st claimant (church) in error and that the error was not discovered by the defendant for over four years,” the Statement of Claim reads in part

Omale said the allegation has exposed them to public hatred, contempt and injury in their religious calling.

According to Omale, on August 10, 2020, they were quizzed by the Hon. Justice Salami panel for hours and paid their lawyers, Uche (SAN) & Co., the sum of N15m to appear and represent them for three days before the said Presidential Investigation Committee and attached a copy of the receipt to the statement of claim.

Omale added that the law firm of Gordy Uche (SAN) & Co., was also paid the sum of N75m to institute the suit against FCMB. He said in all, he has lost N180.5m due to payment of legal fees and personal losses.

Omale, therefore, sought a declaration of the court that the FCMB negligently breached the fiduciary duty of care it owes the claimants by its false automated report to the NFIU of a suspicious credit inflow of N573m into the church account.

“The sum of N5,000,000, 000.00 (Five Billion Naira) being exemplary, aggravated, special and general damages against the defendant for the negligent breach of its fiduciary duty of care to the claimants by its false automated report to the NFIU of a suspicious credit inflow of N573, 228, 040. 41 into the 1st claimant’s corporate current account number1486743019 with the defendant, which has occasioned grave damages to the claimants.” The statement of claim further read

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