Julius Agwu Sues Etisalat For N100million

Remember a couple of days ago when I told you
how ace comedian, Julius Agwu blamed
telecommunications giant – Etisalat, for poor
customer representation?? Well, Julius Agwu has
taken a step forward.
The veteran
comedian has
now dragged the telecommunications company to
court, suing them for the sum of N100million for
jobs lost, contact lost, for the inconveniences, and
for being mistreated by Etisalat staff.
Find below the statement from his lawyer, Festus
Keyamo.
We are solicitors to Mr. Julius Agwu, one of
Nigeria's most sought after entertainers
(hereinafter referred to as "our client") and on
whose behalf we write.
Our client is the owner of the Etisalat GSM phone
number 08189555555, which he uses as his
business line. On the 8th of October, 2013, our
client travelled out of the country and returned on
the 17th of the same month. Upon his return, he
tried severally to make calls from the aforestated
GSM line but same could not connect. Not only
could he not make calls, he also could not receive
calls on the said GSM line. This continued for some
days until he got a message that his line had been
blocked by the network provider.
Sequel to the above message, our client promptly
visited your Abuja office at Hilton to report the
matter. He was attended to by one Miss Joan, who
informed him that somebody swapped his line.
After our client successfully answered the security
questions put to him, he was informed that his line
had been restored, but the credit balance on the
line was not returned.
Surprisingly, our client's aforestated line was
blocked again after he left your said Abuja office.
Once again our client visited your office at the local
wing of the Murtala Mohammed International
Airport Ikeja, Lagos to lodge a complaint, but
painfully, nothing was done about it.
However, after sometime, our client was invited for
a meeting at your head office in Lagos on the 14th
of November, 2013 which he duly honoured.
Present at the meeting (in addition to the officials
of your organization) was Mr. Mobolaji Okusaga,
the Managing Director of The Quadrant Company,
in his capacity as media agents/managers for
Etisalat Nigeria.
At the end of the meeting, our client was told for
the umpteenth time that they would get back to
him, which they again failed to do.
LOSS OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
It cannot be over emphasized that your actions of
unlawfully blocking and/or swapping our client's
line occasioned loss of business opportunities to
him. As you are aware, our client as one of the
most sought after Nigerian entertainers needs his
phone line to be easily accessible to keep his
business going. It therefore goes without saying
that our client has lost some business
opportunities as a result of your actions.
TAKE NOTICE that we have our client's firm
instruction to demand and hereby demand the
sum of N100,000,000.00 (One Hundred Million
Naira) as compensation for the loss of business
opportunities and the inconvenience caused our
client by reason of your unlawful and unjustified
blocking and/or swapping of our client's Etisalat
GSM phone line.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that in the event that you
fail, refuse or neglect to accede to our above stated
demand within seven (7) days from the receipt of
this letter, we shall be compelled to set in motion
against you, all legal machineries necessary to
obtain legal remedy for our client.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
FESTUS KEYAMO, ESQ.