Alleged Witch Hunt: Globacom Boss, Adenuga In The Storm, As Estranged Lover Raises Alarm

By Akinwale Kasali

Chairman of Telecommunication giant, Globacom, Mike Adenuga,  is presently in the eye of the storm.

His former Secretary and alleged lover, Nora Olumide Johnson has raised alarm and  cried out that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been asked to evict her from her house over allegations of graft she committed in her former office.

It was gathered that Johnson was accused of over invoicing on purchase of vehicles, inflating air ticket fares in local and foreign currencies in excess of One billion naira (N1billion).

This, then, prompted the interim forfeiture of some properties and bank accounts on the orders of Justice A.M. Liman on February 16, 2021, following an application on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria by the EFCC.

However, on March 21, 2021, Ms Johnson and the other respondents: Babajide Aremu Johnson, Olabose Ibrahim Falobi, Steve Nnamdi Izebu, Steve Ibem and Bakoliza Limited went to court to suspend or stay execution on Justice Liman’s order.

They had sought the following: an order to discharge the interim order of forfeiture of assets, an order discharging the final forfeiture and any other orders as deemed fit by the court.

In his judgment after hearing J.O. Adeyemi Esq Counsel for the Applicant/Respondent and V.C. Nwokafor Counsel for the 1st, 2nd and 6th Respondents/Applicants, Justice Allagoa ordered that the motion of Ms. Johnson and the other respondents dated March 12, 2021 is “hereby set aside.”

The judgment delivered on July 15, 2021 stated further: “That the order of Justice Liman stands in all its ramifications” and “That the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are entitled to take possession of all that property subject of the Order of my Lord A.M. Liman on 16th day of February, 2021.

But when the EFCC went to carry out the order, Ms Johnson made a huge scene, accusing Adenuga of a witch-hunt because she walked away from an intimate relationship with him.