Former Interior Minister ABBA MORO, Sued over N350M Damages

Former Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, has been dragged before a Benue State High Court, sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, by Bosmos Infotech Limited, claiming the sum of N350 million as damages for false, wicked and malicious defamation to tarnish its hard earned reputation.

Counsel to the plaintiff, Barr Ocha Ulegede and Co, who instituted the legal ac­tion for his client following public declaration by the former minister that Bos­mos Infotech Limited, dur­ing the ill fated Immigra­tion Service recruitment exercise went through the ministerial tenders’ board, but upon investigation it was not registered to re­cruit along with three other companies.

He revealed that to the bewilderment of his cli­ent’s imagination Bosmos Infotech Limited has at no point sought for any bid­ding; talk less of tendering any proposal to engage in any recruitment transac­tion whatsoever.

The legal firm however averred that the utterance, statement and use of its client’s corporate identity is aimed at tarnishing its image and reputation be­fore the eyes of the pub­lic, hence necessitating to seek redress. Prior to the legal action, the aggrieved party had earlier on suffered termina­tion of a contract based on the declaration made by the former minister ascribing to the company during the defence to buttress the ill-fated recruitment exercise as not properly registered and is even not known by the government.

The counsel further made contacts with the defendants in writing, de­manding a retraction and apology but all the efforts have fell on deaf ears as neither did they deny, re­tract nor apologise for the unwarranted attack on the image of the organisation.

The case is yet to be as­signed to a judge for com­mencement of trial, but all efforts to reach the former Interio Minister, Hon. Moro, were futile, as several phone calls to his mobile line were neither picked nor returned.

The Nation