Businessman drags Akwa Ibom govt to court over debt
A businessman in Akwa Ibom State, Ubokubom Nyah, has dragged the state government to court over alleged non-payment of consultancy fees on a project executed. Joined in suit number HT/2/2023 instituted at State High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area were the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, and Landsea Construction and Engineering Limited as defendants. According to particulars of the case obtained by our correspondent in Uyo on Saturday, the plaintiff is suing the defendants over the alleged refusal to pay his consultancy fee which was shortchanged to the tune of N10,279,391 for service rendered. Counsel to the applicant, Andem Ndem, in a motion on notice filed on March 7, 2023, prayed the court for an order compelling the defendants to pay the applicant the sum of N10,279,391 which they had admitted in a letter dated April 27, 2021. He also prayed to the court for an order compelling the Ist defendant to cause the 2nd defendant t...