Original Ikoyi Whistleblower Heads To Court, Urges Finance Minister, EFCC To Stop Payment


The battle for the payment of 5 percent entitlements to the original whistleblowers of the Ikoyi loot has continued as the petitioners have headed to the Federal High Court, Abuja Division to seek for justice as both the Finance Minister and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), who had earlier received petitions and appeals had remained silent in this era of fighting corruption by the present administration, PRNigeria can report.


In a suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/1158/2017 dated November 22, 2017 by the plaintiff through their lawyers Hammart & Co at the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, they are seeking the court “declaration that the Federal Government of Nigeria represented by the Attorney General of the Federation and Federal Ministry of Finance who are defendants in this suit and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), Bala Usman Maina, Stephen Sunday and Mr Sherriff are bound to comply with the whistleblowers Executive Policy or whistleblowers Executive Order to pay 2.5%-5% of whistle blowing fees or percentage as issued by the Federal Government of Nigeria.


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