We lied about GTBank, Supreme Court judgment – Innoson
Innoson has today admitted that at that topographic point was no Supreme Court sentence against GTBank.
After falsely claiming a victory at the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Chairman of Innoson Motors, Dr Innocent Chukwuma has admitted to completely distorting the directive of the Supreme Court in addition to publicly apologized for spreading simulated in addition to malicious news.
Innoson had before deleted his annunciation on social media that the apex courtroom has ordered GTBank to pay him N14bn inside fourteen days.
This was followed past times a controversy past times his spokesman Cornelius Osigwe inwards which Innoson walked dorsum from his mistaken annunciation stating instead that “There possess got been a lot of misinterpretations on the Press Release published past times Innoson Group on the determination of the Supreme Court”.
This retraction, judicial analysts believe, was advised past times Innoson’s lawyers who fearfulness that contempt of courtroom charges on defaming the Supreme Court may last brought against the embattled businessman.
Last calendar week Thursday, Innosoncaused a social in addition to online media tempest past times falsely claiming that the Supreme Court had ruled inwards his favour for GTBank to pay him N14bn. However, records of the courtroom proceedings showed no such ruling.
GTBank had too advised the populace that Innoson’s claims were “false, mischievous in addition to malicious”.
“There was no directive or Order issued past times the Supreme Court of Nigeria to the Bank to brand whatever payment to whatever of its debtor Customers. We over again reiterate that at that topographic point is no iota of truth inwards the falsehood beingness peddled past times desperate in addition to mischievous elements in addition to the General Public should disregard same inwards its entirety,” business office of the Bank’s press controversy read.
As facts on solid soil became clear that Innoson’s claim on social media was exclusively false, the embattled human being of affairs moved to silently delete the Fake News Tweet from his company’s Twitter Account.
On Monday, June 11, 2018, innoson apologized for misleading the public.
However, Nigerians did non accept the company’s lies lightly.
“I cannot believe this, how tin dismiss individual possess got total disregard for the highest courtroom inwards the Land in addition to larn on a rampage spreading simulated news. This Innoson in addition to his squad of lawyers in addition to advisers possess got no shred of credibility” a Twitter user said.
Another user, whose tweet appears below, lamented that Innoson had fooled Nigerians.
