Optiva Capital Partners Limited’s Litigation Threat, Attempt To Be Smart By Half- NIDCOM …Says It Won’t Succumb To Cheap Blackmail

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, has described the legal threat made against it by Optiva Capital Partners Limited as an attempt to be smart by half.

NIDCOM spokesman, Abdur-Rahman Balogun in a statement said Optiva Capital Partners Limited coming to issue legal threat after it has admitted it own shortcoming is unbecoming, adding that the Commission will not succumb to blackmail.

The statement read; “The attention of the management of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has been drawn to another publication sponsored in the Media by the OptivaCapital Partners Limited through the law firm of Babalakin & Co, asking for an apology and retraction of the press statement issued on Wednesday January 23, 2024.

“The Management views this latest Media and legal threat as an attempt to be clever by half, when the same Optiva Capital Partners Limited through its Managing Director/CEO, Dr Jane Kimemia wrote the Chairman/CEO of NIDCOM, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa (OON) on January 24, 2024 admitting that they had not properly followed laid down procedure in their earlier rushed announcement while also sending emissaries to NIDCOM seeking for partnership and understanding of its proposed Diaspora Investor Direct Investment (DIDI) product which it admitted , is still in the planning stage.

“NIDCOM had also welcomed their letter and reiterated that our responsibility at NIDCOM, is to ensure we protect the interests of hardworking and committed Nigerians abroad , willing to invest at home and will not bow to any form of threat, blackmail and intimidation. “