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Editor 4
June 6, 2019
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has closed his case in the N5 billion libel suit he  filed against the publishers of the Sun newspaper.
During Thursday’s proceedings, Magu’s counsel, E. O. Omoijaede, informed the court that the claimant  (Magu)  had presented two witnesses and would want to close his case.
Counsel to the respondents, Charles Ewelunta, expressed dissatisfaction at the development.
Responding, Omojiade said that the publishers of the Sun newspaper should save time by opening their case immediately.
Justice Doris Okuwobi, refused Omoijaede’s request for N50,000 cost against Magu’s legal team, saying that the suit which was filed in 2017, had not suffered  any delay caused by the team.
Magu sued the publishers of the Sun,  claiming N5 billion in damages over a publication that alleged that the Department of State Security uncovered two houses in Maitama, Abuja, which were traced to his wife.
The EFCC boss is also demanding that the newspaper should  publish an apology and retract the alleged libelous publication