{"id":123948,"date":"2025-11-20T17:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T16:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=123948"},"modified":"2025-11-20T17:29:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T16:29:02","slug":"company-faults-efcc-public-notice-cites-valid-court-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/company-faults-efcc-public-notice-cites-valid-court-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Faults EFCC Public Notice, Cites Valid Court Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By \u200eDaniel Adaji<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eChappal Energies has pushed back against a public notice issued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on its Managing Director, Ufoma Immanuel.<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eIt argued that the agency acted despite a valid court order preventing any such action.<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eThe company, in a statement issued on Thursday, said it only became aware of the EFCC notice recently and described the move as a departure from the procedures that guide enforcement actions in Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eIt noted that \u201cenforcement actions under Nigerian law are governed by established procedures that require reasonable attempts at direct engagement through official channels before issuing or acting on a warrant.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eChappal Energies said this was not done, adding that no effort was made by the EFCC to reach Immanuel or the company through any recognised channel. This omission, the firm said, \u201ccreates the unfortunate impression of a public escalation where standard procedures were readily available.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eIt stressed that Immanuel and the company remain accessible, pointing out that \u201cboth Mr. Immanuel and Chappal Energies remain fully reachable through their established official addresses, phone lines and electronic contacts, all of which are publicly available.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eThe company linked the development to what it described as coordinated pressures tied to an ongoing civil dispute. It recalled that the situation prompted Hon. Justice J.E. Obanor of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory to issue an interlocutory injunction on 11 September 2025, \u201crestraining the EFCC and other listed respondents from inviting, questioning, arresting, detaining or otherwise acting against Mr. Immanuel or Chappal Energies.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eAccording to the firm, the injunction \u201cremains in force,\u201d making the EFCC notice, despite the court order, appear like an attempt by external actors \u201cseeking public spectacle and mischief rather than adherence to legal due process.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eEven as it criticised the development, the energy company said it still respects the roles of Nigeria\u2019s statutory institutions and is willing to cooperate through lawful means. It reaffirmed that it \u201cwill take appropriate legal steps to address this development.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eChappal Energies also assured stakeholders that its operations are running without disruption and that its leadership \u201cremains focused on delivering long-term value in line with our commitments to partners, regulators and stakeholders.\u201d<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By \u200eDaniel Adaji \u200e \u200eChappal Energies has pushed back against a public notice issued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on its Managing Director, Ufoma Immanuel. \u200e \u200eIt&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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