Chief Executive Officer of Global Signature Hotel and Total Grace Group Limited, Dr. Henry Akinduro, is challenging the actions of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which declared him wanted, claiming the anti-graft agency has violated his fundamental human rights.
The allegation against the agency by Akinduro surfaced after the EFCC declared him ‘Wanted’ via its official X Account, formerly Twitter, on October 11, 2024, in connection with fraud accusations laid by one Mr. Femi Olushakin.
He has therefore filed a N5billion lawsuit against the EFCC for allegedly declaring him wanted unlawfully. In the suit filed on Wednesday at the Federal High Court, Lagos, Akinduro told the court that the anti-corruption agency declared him wanted without any form of judicial intervention, recourse to constitutional safeguards or order of court.
Akinduro’s legal team, led by renowned lawyer, Olakekan Ojo, issued a press statement on Wednesday asserting that the fraud…