A planned meeting between officials of the Lagos State Government and a Lebanese manager with Toppan Printing Company, Kaveh Noine, who allegedly kicked his seven-month pregnant subordinate, Mrs. Alexandra Ossai, in her stomach was shelved after Noine refused to show up.
It would be recalled that the woman had allegedly lost her baby due to the kick by her boss. She reportedly began bleeding in the early hours of December 16, 2013 and had an emergency surgery performed on her at the Mercy Hospital Fagba, to remove the dead foetus.
An invitation had been extended to Noine on Tuesday, when a team of state government officials, led by the Director of the Office of the Public Defender, Mrs.Omotola Rotimi, paid a visit to the company, located off Adeniyi Jones Avenue, Ikeja.
Some unidentified employee of Toppan appeared at the meeting instead of Noine and presented a letter explaining Noine’s absence.
The provided document, which was said to have been written by Toppan’s counsel, Mr. Toyin Pinhero, requested the meeting to be postponed until January 16, 2014, to enable Pinhero attend the meeting as he was reportedly out of the country at the moment.
Rotimi, in her response to the letter said, "We did not invite Toppan as a company to come for this meeting; the allegation is against an individual, Noine, and not Toppan. Noine could still have attended this meeting because he is in Nigeria; he is on bail. Even if there is no representative of Toppan here, Noine should have honoured the invitation."
However, it was decided to reschedule the meeting to a time that would be convenient for everyone.
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