By Daniel Tyokua
The Federal Capital Territory Administration ( FCTA) has dismissed the media report claiming that a case was instituted at the National Industrial Court against the Minister of the FCT Nyesom Wike over the sack of Abuja Markets Management Limited ( AMML) Managing Director.
A statement by the secretary/ legal adviser of Abuja Markets Management Limited, Onya Nsor Ojiji on Monday, described the report as a social media falsehood.
It said, the Abuja Markets Management Limited was engulfed in a crisis long before Wike was appointed the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Wike, after assuming office, had on September 27 relieved the heads of 21 parastatals, agencies and government companies of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) of their appointments with immediate effect, including AMML.
Nsor Ojiji said there was no extant order from the said court against the Minister nor any staff of the AMML.
The statement reads: “our attention has been drawn to stories making the round in the media to the effect that the National Industrial Court has commenced contempt proceedings against the Minister of FCT Nyesom Wike and others over alleged disobedience of a court order in respect of a matter surrounding the headship of Abuja Markets Management Limited [AMML].
“We have been duly informed by our legal counsel and we would like to state categorically that there is no such contempt proceeding against the FCT Minister or any other AICL/AMML staff at the National Industrial Court as the suit referred to in the publications has been reassigned to another Judge and will start afresh [de novo].
“Any contrary information with regards to this can only be a figment of the author’s imagination and should be disregarded”.
