Unlawful interference: Court restrains EFCC from prosecuting Aiteo founder, fines agency N200m | TheCable

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Unlawful interference: Court restrains officialEFCC from prosecuting Aiteo founder, fines agency N200m | TheCable

A federal capital territory high court has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the attorney-general of the federation from filing criminal charges against Benedict Peters, founder and chief executive officer of Aiteo Group.

the National Crime Agency , Crown Prosecution Service , as well as three individuals — Helen Hughes, Stacey Boniface, and John Bavister. In his ruling, the judge held that the defendants “misrepresented facts” and knew that the properties genuinely belonged to the Aiteo founder.He held that the “predominant purpose of the deceitful sham allegations by the defendants that the assets/properties listed in relief 1 above belonged to persons other than the claimants was directly intended albeit to inflict economic loss on the claimants just as much as it was to unlawfully profit the defendants”.

The judge restrained the defendants, “their operatives, officers, agents, and servants… from interfering with the proprietary rights and/or interests of the claimants, their agents, alter-ego or privies in relation to the properties listed in this suit”.

 

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