The group also asked the Nigeria police to contact JPMC and the SFO of United Kingdom, to seek their verification of the origins of the email through forensic analysis contrary to attempts by Adoke and his lawyers to get the police to harass and intimidate HEDA and its Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju.
Malabu: Anti-graft group threatens to sue Adoke over alleged defamation
HEDA claims that Mr Adoke s allegation that its chair, Mr Suraju, forged an email document tendered in a Milan court is defamatory.
An anti-corruption organisation,
Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), has given a former justice minister, Mohammed Adoke, two weeks to retract an allegation of forgery levelled against its chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju.
HEDA, in a statement signed by Mr Suraju, threatened to sue Mr Adoke in the United Kingdom should he fail to retract the forgery allegation.
The
threat comes on the heel of an earlier similar threat by the UK anti-corruption group, Corner House, which is HEDA’s partner in respect of the prosecution of Malabu scandal. The UK group threatened legal action in response to Mr Adoke’s petition to the police accusing Mr Suraju of forgery.
Anti-Corruption Group Threatens To Sue Adoke Over Comments In Malabu Oil Deal Trial
HEDA gave Adoke and his lawyer two weeks to retract the statement of be taken to court in the United Kingdom.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 09, 2021
Nigeria s leading anti-corruption group, HEDA Resource Centre, has asked a former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, to retract his statement on the fraud associated with OPL 245 or be sued.
In a petition titled, “Defamation of Mr. Olanrewaju Suraju and HEDA Resource Centre,” the group said Adoke in collaboration with some lawyers is resorting to blackmail in order to subvert the lingering investigations of graft associated with OPL 245.
Group Vows To Resist Police Attempt To Shut Down HEDA, Intimidate Anti-Corruption Chair
The group also called on other anti-corruption crusaders and organisations in Nigeria and around the world, to stand together in solidarity with the activist.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 30, 2021
A human rights group, Global Witness, has vowed to resist any attempt by the Nigerian security agents to stifle and muzzle the anti-corruption activist and Chairman, HEDA Resource Center, Suraju Olanrewaju, with false claims.
The group also called on other anti-corruption crusaders and organisations in Nigeria and around the world, to stand together in solidarity with the activist.
Malabu Scandal: UK group declares support for Nigerian anti-corruption activist Instead of investigating the facts, where evidence in the public domain would demonstrate the allegations in the complaint to be false, this has become a story of ongoing police harassment and intimidation. 10 min read
A UK anti-corruption group, Global Witness, has declared support for a Nigerian activist, Olanrewaju Suraju, who was recently questioned by the police based on a petition by Nigeria’s former attorney-general, Mohammed Adoke.
Mr Suraju’s civil society organisation, HEDA, and other international anti-graft CSOs including Global Witness have been at the forefront of the demand for justice over the Malabu OPL 245 scandal involving Mr Adoke and many others including oil giants, Shell and Eni.