planned meeting
between officials of the
Lagos State Government
and a Lebanese manager
with Toppan Printing
Company, Kaveh Noine,
who allegedly kicked his
seven-month pregnant
subordinate, Mrs.
Alexandra Ossai, in her
stomach was shelved
after Noine refused to
show up.
Noine was arrested by
the Lagos State Police
Command a few days
after The PUNCH reported
that Ossai had allegedly
lost her baby due to the
kick. She allegedly began
bleeding in the early
hours of December 16,
2013 and had an
emergency surgery
performed on her at the
Mercy Hospital Fagba, to
remove the dead foetus.
An invitation had been
extended to Noine on
Tuesday, when a team of
state government
officials, led by the
Director of the Office of
the Public Defender,
Mrs.Omotola Rotimi, paid
a visit to the company,
located off Adeniyi Jones
Avenue, Ikeja.
At the Thursday meeting
which was held at the
Ministry of Women Affairs
and Poverty Alleviation,
an unidentified employee
of Toppan showed up
instead of Noine and
presented a letter
explaining Noine’s
absence.
Those present at the
meeting, which was
chaired by Rotimi,
included Ossai’s lawyer,
Mr. Courage Erhuen,
representatives of the
OPD, WAPA, the Lagos
State Environmental
Protection Agency and
Public Relations Officer of
the Lagos State Public
Advice Centre, Mr. Alex
Omorondion.
The letter, which was said
to have been written by
Toppan’s counsel, Mr.
Toyin Pinhero, asked that
the meeting be
postponed till January 16,
2014, to enable Pinhero
attend the meeting as he
was reportedly out of the
country at the moment.
Rotimi, in her response to
the letter said, “We did
not invite Toppan as a
company to come for this
meeting; the allegation is
against an individual,
Noine, and not Toppan.
Noine could still have
attended this meeting
because he is in Nigeria;
he is on bail. Even if there
is no representative of
Toppan here, Noine
should have honoured
the invitation.”
The OPD director then
informed the unidentified
employee from Toppan
that the meeting would
be rescheduled to a time
that would be convenient
for everyone present.


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