Businessman prays IGP to withdraw ‘ malicious’ prosecution against him

ABUSINESSMAN, Raqeeb Quadri Adeshile has petitioned the InspectorGeneral of Police ( IGP) seeking for withdrawal of multiple ‘ malicious’ criminal charges filed against him by the Police.

The charges, he said, were filed at the instance of his business partner, Musa Akinleye, an official of Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation ( NDIC).

The petition, titled, “Request

For An Urgent Intervention In Respect of a Petition Against Musa Akinleye and Orbzenergy Limited And Criminal Suit Instituted Against Mr. Raqeeb Quadri Adeshile” was written by his lawyer, Jedidiah Akpata.

In the petition dated December 13, 2023, Adeshile called for a comprehensive investigation of all the issues that gave rise to the multiple charges against him.

He specifically drew the attention of the IGP to the two charges filed against him before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) and the Lagos State High Court, respectively.

According to the petitioner, charge No: FCT/ CR/ 260/ 202 and charge No: LD/ 21904C/ 2023 were filed against him before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT), Abuja and Lagos State High Court respectively bordered on the same allegations.

The Petitioner, who is a maritime industry professional, stated that he had been operating a business outfit, although unregistered.

He said sometime in 2018, he approached his friend Akinleye, a public officer and staff of the NDIC, ( which was not brought to his attention at the material time) with the offer to use his company name to secure business contracts in respect of the maritime business, especially container terminal contracts.