Business mogul, Adetunji threatens to drag C’River lawmaker to court over alleged N58M generator scandal

From Ene Asuquo, Calabar

A Lagos state based businessman, doing business in Cross River State, Mr.Ade  Adetunji, has threatened to slam a lawsuit against  the member representing Yakurr 1 State constituency in the state House of Assembly CRHA, Mr. Cyril Omni over alleged N58M generator scandal.

Adetunji, vowed that Omni will be slammed with a N58m lawsuit if he fails to hand over the 1,1000kVA scrap power generator which he bought  from the community stakeholders of Yakurr local government area last year at N58M.

The businessman issued the ultimatum while in a telephone conversation with The Nations News Nigeria in Calabar.

He stressed that failure to return the two power scrap generators to him, he would be left with no option than  file a lawsuit against Omini and his cohorts in the court of law to enable him to get justice.

Other items bought by the businessman from Yakurr  community  Stakeholders alongside the  two scrap power generators include a 5000 wires tank and two exhausts valued at N53m even though the business tycoon claimed he paid N58m so that the items can be handed over to him.

Adetunji advised the law maker and his cohorts to hand over the scrap mantrac generator which he claimed he paid N58m instead of N53m otherwise he would be left with no option than seek redress from the court.

“I won’t relent, until I get justice for it. We started this matter in November 2023, and we are still on it. It’s been over a year. All I am asking for is for them to hand over the property I bought from them with my hard earned currency to me.

“The scrap generator issue had given me mental torture; I had never had this kind of terrible experience since I began doing business.

“I had never seen a thing like this. It’s difficult to believe that someone  can connive with other individuals who are supposed to be like custodians of the law to  take over a property which I had already paid  for to deprive me of my right, he said.

However, report of investigation from Zonal Monitoring Unit of the Nigeria Police Force Zone 6 Headquarters Calabar, addressed to the Assistant Inspector General of Police AIG Zone 6, Calabar, apportioned blame to the suspects involved on the matter who include, Mr. Cyril Omini, Etim Bassey,Bassey Antigha, and Martins Asuquo-Edet.

The police report of investigation captioned Re: Case of fraud, conversion of property, conspiracy to steal and threat to life with serial number CB/7000/ZPC6/ZMU/VOL.7165  dated February 6, 2024, said,”It is therefore recommended that if the case is beyond settlement between the two parties then the case be charge to a court of competent jurisdiction, subject to legal advice”. The report stated.

Earlier, the businessman while giving insight on the issue stated that he bought the two scrap power generators that couldn’t meet up with the community’s needs at that moment.

He stressed that some Yakurr local government area stakeholders in conjunction with Martins Edet -Asuquo, the immediate past director general (DG) Scrap Regulatory Agency Calabar reached an agreement and asked him to evacuate the scrap generators to Calabar.

On their way to Calabar, his agent was intercepted by police on the orders of Mr. Cyril Omini, who is currently the member representing Yakurr state constituency in the state House of Assembly, and components the scrap generator were seized from his agent his agent and his agent was locked up by the police for some days at the Zone 6 police headquarters Calabar.

In a process he lost the scrap generators and the  N58m that he invested to buy  the scrap  generators stressing that Omini’s boys who were arrested by zone 6 police command were latter  released alongside the scrap which he claimed was handed over to another businessman brought into the business by the House of Assembly  law maker and his cohorts perhaps because he had paid them higher than what he Adetunji paid them.

In a swift reaction to the issue, the member representing Yakurr 1 State constituency, Cyril Omini denied the allegations saying the allegations were lies.

“The governor gave the person in charge authorization to market the scrap generators. I was only called when the fellow who raised the  alarm tried to steal the generator and  I stopped him because it is my immediate constituency.

They came to steal the generator probably because that was why they went to buy the generators through the village chiefs. Are they the ones who brought the generators. They was full documentation from the state commissioner for power, Omni maintained.