Comedian Julius Agwu Sues Etisalat For N100million For Swapping & Blocking His Phone Number

Recall that Julius Agwu ranted on Twitter when his number stopped working few weeks agoThe veteran comedian has now dragged the telecommunication company to court and is demanding a sum of N100million for 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.