Nigeria, March 9 -- Hayatu Hadejia and Seltrix Limited have responded to the lawsuit filed against them by Abubakar Funtua, son of the late business mogul Isa Funtua.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that Mr Funtua filed the suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja over the ownership and control of Emerging Markets Telecommunications Limited, which operates under the brand name 9Mobile.

He sued, among other defendants, Nigeria's former Chief of Army Staff, Theophilus Danjuma, along with his company, LH Telecommunication Limited,

Others sued in the suit are Seltrix Limited (named as the 1st defendant), the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Mr Hadejia, Teleology Nigeria Limited, and Mohammed Edewor, a...