N2.5 Billion: Top Lawyer, Ricky Tarfa Sues EFCC Chairman, Agency Over Illegal Detention

Under 24 hours after he was allowed managerial safeguard from his unlawful capture and imprisonment from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) office, Lagos legal counselor, Rickey Tarfa(SAN) yesterday drew closer Federal High Court, Lagos joined by 32 Senior Advocates of Nigeria, drove by the previous President, Nigerian Bar Association(NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun requesting that the court propel the counter unite organization and his Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Mustapha Magu to pay him N2.5billion' Apart from the money related remuneration, Tarfa additionally requested that the court force the respondents which included Moses Awolusi, the agents that wrongfully captured him and the Deputy Director Operations, EFCC, Lagos office, Iliyasu Kwarbai, to discharge his two versatile handsets misleadingly gathered from him on Friday, February, 5 2016 at their Ikoyi office in Lagos to the court with the end goal of destructing all data, information and other retrievable materials put away in the two handsets. He likewise looked for a request asked the court to guide the litigants to discharge his Mercedes Benz SUV with enlistment No. KJA 700CG unlawfully seized from him. The Senior Advocate likewise requested that the court request EFCC, Magu and two different respondents to openly apologize to him in no less than two broadly coursed national daily papers, online networking and the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and in addition Channels Television inside of 24 hours from the day of the judgment of the suit. Additionally, he requested a request of interminable directive limiting every one of the respondents and their specialists from further damaging his rights separated from the installment of N20million for the expense of this suit. The 52 section affirmations in backing of the suit was pledged to by the Head of Rickey Tarfa Chambers, Mr. John Olusegun Odubela who portrayed the genesis of Tarfa's trial as a witness to the gestapo strategies utilized by the counter join office. No date has been altered for the hearing.