Defendant counters libel suit of FIRS Boss over Chevron Tax Evasion Saga

Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui Okauru


Mr. Fidelis Uzonwanne, the Managing Director of ABZ Integrated Limited, an Abuja based company has filed a counter claim against Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui Okauru, the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to deny the allegations of unwarranted monetary demands from FIRS or illegitimate claims made by the plaintiff against him and his company in her April 16th 2010 libel suit against Roobbs Communications Network Limited, the publishers of The Premier newspaper and the other defendants Messrs.Rotimi Sulyman, Musbau Razak, Lanre Olaleye and Gboyega Adeoye at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria.

Mrs. Okauru in her suit at the High Court in Abuja is claiming N10 billion in damages caused by the news story: "FACE OF A FRAUD TAX BOSS, OMOIGUI -OKAURU IN N74BN SCAM" titled "TAX FRAUD FIRS BOSS, OMOIGUI-OKAIRU FINGERED IN $492M SCAM", published on Tuesday 9 MARCH – MONDAY 15 MARCH 2010 edition of The Premier newspaper, accusing her and others of the diversion of some N74 billion tax payment from Chevron Nigeria Limited.

In the suit N0: FCT/HC/CV /1331/2010 filed by N.I Okpo ESQ of ROPHEKA PARTNERS, PENTHOUSE SUITE, COPPER HOUSE, N0 4, ALGIERS STREET, ZONE 5, WUSE Abuja, on 16th April 2010, Mrs. Okauru claimed that The Premier newspaper and Fidelis Uzonwanne were intimidating her to authorize the payment of 10% of US$491, 509, 303.31, allegedly recovered from Chevron Nigeria Limited to Mr. Fidelis Uzonwanne, the Managing Director of ABZ Integrated Limited.

See The Untold Story of the $10.8 Billion Tax Evasion and Fraud By Chevron Nigeria Limited and Its Associated Companies published on the Nigerians Report on Wednesday, March 31, 2010.

The following are the first 10 of the 28 documents of the statement of defence and counter claim of Mr. Fidelis Uzonwanne, the Managing Director of ABZ Integrated Limited at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. The remaining parts will be published before the end of this week.