Celebrated lawyerMr. Femi Falana (SAN), has said that a report that he received N25m from the suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, is totally false.
The report emanated from a story in the News Agency of Nigeria, which was published by a national newspaper.
The NAN story cited an earlier report on the alleged activities of Magu, who is under investigation.
Falana is demanding a retraction of the story which, he noted, was damaging to his reputation.
His lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, noted in a statement:
, “In the circumstance, my immediate instruction is to demand that you acknowledge your wrongdoing, expressly admit that what you imputed against my client was false, and apologise for your unprofessionalism and the damage you have caused to him.
“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 other to afford you an opportunity to prove what you imputed against his my client’s character.”
