“FAKE LAWYER” CLAIM: INIBEHE EFFIONG TAKES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST CHIEF ERIC UMEOFIA, ERISCO FOODS FOR DEFAMATION FALANA, SAN TO LEAD LEGAL TEAM During his interview with Television Continental (TVC) on October 2, 2023, Chief Eric Umeofia, the President/CEO of Erisco Foods Limited while speaking on the ongoing case between Erisco Foods Limited and Mrs. Chioma Okoli, made a damaging, audacious and utterly libellous claim that my client dropped her previous lawyer who accompanied her to the Force Headquarters in Abuja and went to Lagos to hire “a fake lawyer, a charge and bail lawyer to deceive her.” The video of the interview where the claims were made was advertised on the Facebook page on Erisco Foods Limited and viewed by a large number of people. Chief Umeofia knew exactly who he was referring to since my engagement and representation of Chioma was already a matter of public knowledge. My attention has repeatedly been drawn by my clients, colleagues, associates and members of the public to the malicious claims made against me by Umeofia. Those who have confronted me over these claims were taken aback by Umeofia’s bold assertion that they have been dealing with an imposter who has been falsely masquerading himself as a lawyer all these years. These claims have caused me prolonged emotional stress and deep anxiety. I have lost professional engagements and financial opportunities because of these claims. I have practiced law in Nigeria for the past ten years; having been duly called to the Nigerian Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. My name is on the Roll of Legal Practitioners in Nigeria and can be easily verified. Chief Umeofia’s claim that I am a fake lawyer who was out to deceive my client is dangerous and intended to destroy my career which I have laboured to build for a decade. His claim that I am a charge and bail lawyer is also malicious and defamatory. The courts have ruled in previous cases that referring to any lawyer as “charge and bail” is defamatory and actionable. Based on the foregoing, I have briefed my counsel, the foremost human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN to take legal action on my behalf against Eric Umeofia and Erisco Foods Limited over the said obnoxious and destructive claims. In a demand letter served on Erisco Foods Limited on Monday, April 8, 2024, Falana SAN has demanded a written apology from the company and its CEO, which must be published in at least two national newspapers, a full retraction of the defamatory statements and the sum of N100 Million as damages which they must comply with within 14 days. This is only the beginning of my legal actions against Umeofia and Erisco Foods. Signed: Inibehe Effiong.
@InibeheEffiong @instablog9ja @MobilePunch @Postsubman @vanguardngrnews @SaharaReporters @DailyPostNGR @fisayosoyombo @remedy_blog I'm consumed by darkness, suffocating in despair. Life has lost its meaning, leaving only a lonely void. Each day is an agonizing torment, and death whispers seductively. I'll embrace the final escape, a permanent silence to end the relentless agony. Farewell, cruel world.
@InibeheEffiong @instablog9ja @MobilePunch @Postsubman @vanguardngrnews @SaharaReporters @DailyPostNGR @fisayosoyombo @remedy_blog I wanted to contact you on January 2024 for a legal battle between me and a company but after listening to the said tape referring to you as stated above, I opted for another lawyer .
@InibeheEffiong @instablog9ja @MobilePunch @Postsubman @vanguardngrnews @SaharaReporters @DailyPostNGR @fisayosoyombo @remedy_blog But you've been calling tinubu names and he has never bothered to sue u??
@InibeheEffiong @instablog9ja @MobilePunch @Postsubman @vanguardngrnews @SaharaReporters @DailyPostNGR @fisayosoyombo @remedy_blog Please add Cyberstalking and conspiracy to the allegation. Also petition the IGP.
@InibeheEffiong @instablog9ja @MobilePunch @Postsubman @vanguardngrnews @SaharaReporters @DailyPostNGR @fisayosoyombo @remedy_blog What is good for the goose is good for the gander
@InibeheEffiong @instablog9ja @MobilePunch @Postsubman @vanguardngrnews @SaharaReporters @DailyPostNGR @fisayosoyombo @remedy_blog Nice one Kap tem enye yak enem 🤝
@InibeheEffiong @EditiPeter @instablog9ja @MobilePunch @Postsubman @vanguardngrnews @SaharaReporters @DailyPostNGR @fisayosoyombo @remedy_blog If you are here to plaster and hear the gist let's at least be mutual. E don set! 😂😂
@InibeheEffiong @instablog9ja @MobilePunch @Postsubman @vanguardngrnews @SaharaReporters @DailyPostNGR @fisayosoyombo @remedy_blog You Don win this case, nothing anybody fit tell me, collect am $10m
@InibeheEffiong @instablog9ja @MobilePunch @Postsubman @vanguardngrnews @SaharaReporters @DailyPostNGR @fisayosoyombo @remedy_blog Fake? Lawyer? In the end, history will vindicate the just