The prophet says the story was meant to stain his reputation; expose him to public hatred and contempt.
Prophet Emmanuel Omale who is the General Overseer of 'Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministries International, Abuja,' has denied news reports that he helped launder money and acquire property in Dubai for suspended boss of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu.
The pastor has now sued the News Agency Of Nigeria, NAN, over a report he described as malicious, derogatory and libelous.
The report ran with the headline: 'How Magu used a pastor to re-loot funds and buy N573 million property in Dubai.'
In a letter written by his lawyer, Gordy Uche (SAN), Omale said the report "reeks of calumny, denigration, actuated by malice, and calculated to ridicule and disparage him, and clearly a hatchet job ingeniously crafted to cast a stain on his reputation; expose him to public hatred and contempt and injure him in his religious calling, as the General Overseer of Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministries International."
The letter continues as follows: "We, however, wish to make the following clarifications to put the public records straight:
1. That our client is the General Overseer of an Inter-denominational/Multi-religious Prayer Ministry, which Mr. Ibrahim Magu attends.
2. That our client only visited Mr. Ibrahim Magu in a Hospital in Dubai, United Arab Emirate, sometime in March 2020.
3. That our client never laundered any funds whatsoever for Mr. Ibrahim Magu, nor for anybody whatsoever.
4. That our client does not own any foreign bank account anywhere in the world.
5. That there are no funds whatsoever traceable from Mr. Ibrahim Magu to our client’s Bank accounts whatsoever neither has our client received any funds whatsoever from Mr. Ibrahim Magu. Our client has never received any funds whatsoever from anybody on behalf of Mr. Ibrahim Magu.
6. That our client does not own any property in Dubai. His name was never used to purchase any property whatsoever in Dubai, United Arab Emirate or anywhere else in any part of the world, neither has he purchased any property or properties for Mr. Ibrahim Magu in any part of the world whatsoever.
"We wish to state that by reason of the said libelous publication which was read by millions of persons all over the world, our client has been severely injured in his reputation, character and calling. Our client has thereby been brought into ridicule, public scandal, hatred, denigration, odium and contempt, and lowered in the estimation of right-thinking members of the society.
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