The Bank Accounts Of Thirty-Two Individuals And Companies Linked To The 10-Day #Endbadgovernance Protest Organised Across The Country, Has Been Frozen By A Federal Court Sitting In Abuja, Pending Investigation And Prosecution Of The Case.
Justice Emeka Nwite, In A
Ruling On The Ex-Parte Motion Moved By Counsel For The Inspector-General (I-G)
Of Police, Ibrahim Mohammed, Also Ordered The Banks To Apprehend The Account
Holders Or Any Person Transacting Business On The Said Accounts.
Justice Nwite, Who Granted The
Motion Dated And Filed On Aug. 20, Directed The Banks To Contact The Nigeria
Police Force As Soon As Any Arrest Is Made.
“That The Banks Are Hereby
Directed By This Honourable Court To Issue Details Of The Account Package(S)
And To Place A Post-No-Debit (PND) On The Accounts, Disable The ATM While
Allowing Inflow Into The Said Accounts As From The Date Of This Court Order,”
The Judge Declared.
Though The Ruling Was Made On Thursday,
The Certified True Copy Of The Order Was Sighted On Sunday In Abuja.
The Account Numbers Affected
Include 4010073491 (Fidelity Bank), 1255130019 (Access Bank), 0006084167 (Abbey
Mortgage Multipurpose Bank Plc), 0821931299 (FCMB), 1012007655 (FCMB),
0000575573 (A AG Mortgage Bank Plc), 1007871587 (UBA), 2037117333 (UBA),
5421031104 (ECOBANK ) And 0024541201 (Union Bank).
Others Are 1022899050 (UBA),
8755008491 (Branch International Services Ltd), 5630208636 (Fidelity),
4936992542 (Fairmoney Microfinance Bank), 8755008499 (Branch International
Financial Services Ltd), 2088228208 (UBA), 2115678044 (Zenith Bank), 3041823452
(First Bank), 1011828445 (New Edge Finance), 3024402748 (Fusrt Bank),
0161502459 (Gtbank) And 0040580047 (Access Bank),
They Also Include 0250291788 (Wema
Bank), 6112464260 (Branch International Financial Services Ltd), 1000774097 (Sparkle
Microfinance Bank Ltd), 3434649965 (Fairmoney Microfinance Bank), 2013556714 (KUDA
Microfinance Bank), 3104962864 (Polaris Bank), 6112464267 (Branch International
Finance Services Lit), 8137051249 (OPAY) And 8137051249 (PALMPAY).
The IGP, In The Application
Marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1219/2024, Had Listed PA.LIN.HO Global Service Ltd, Chinyere
Nkiru, Obidient Movement Multipurpose Cooperative Society, Innocent Angel Lovet,
Great Communicators Champion Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd As 1st To 5th
Respondents Respectively.
Others Include Great
Communicators Champion Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd, Opaluwa Eleojo Bob-Simon,
NUEE State Chapter, Adeyemi Abiodun Abayomi, Adaramoye Michael Tobiloba, And Popoola
Festus As 6th To 11th Respondents Respectively.
Mohammed, In His Four-Ground
Argument, Said The Accounts As Contained In The Schedule In Respect Of Which
Reliefs Sought Are Subject Of Investigation And Are Reasonably Suspected To Be
Warehousing Proceeds Of Unlawful Activities Or Fraud.
“If There Is Any Dealing With
The Account By Way Of Withdrawal Or Transfer To Another Account By The Persons
Under Investigation/Investigator And The Persons That Have Absolute Power To
Deal With The Account Will Render Nugatory Any Consequential Order(S) Which The
Court May Make At The Conclusion Of This Application,” He Said.
According To Him, The Accounts
Are Used To Promote The Offence Of Criminal Conspiracy, Terrorism Financing,
Treasonable Felony, Cyberbullying And Cyberstalking Which Was Illegally
Transferred To The Account Of The Accused Persons Now At Large.
“That The Accused Persons Were
Involved In Hosting Another Country’s Flag In Order To Undermine The
Sovereignty Of The Nigerian State,” He Added.
In The Affidavit In Support Of
The Motion Ex-Parte, Gregory Woji, A Detective Attached To The Force Criminal
Investigation Department, Deposed That Preliminary Investigation Revealed That
Some Suspects Arrested Were Being Recruited By Some Financiers To Cause Mayhem
And Destroy Life And Property.
Woji Said Preliminary
Investigation Further Revealed That The Financiers Were Sending Money To
Recruit The Indigents And Other Vulnerable Individuals To Carry Banners And
Overthrow A Democratically Elected Government.
According To Him, The
Preliminary Investigation Further Reveals That Some Foreign Nationals Were The
Arrowheads In The Unscrupulous Act Of Treasonable Felony And Promoting
Terrorism Financing In Nigeria.
He Said The Act Of The Accused
Persons Is Akin To The Offence Of Criminal Conspiracy, Terrorism Financing,
Treasonable Felony, Cyberstalking And Cyberbullying.
He Said It Is The Function Of
The Police To Stop This Act By Apprehending The Offenders As An Offence To One
Is An Offence To All.
According To Woji, Intelligence
Reports Gathered So Far Reveal That The Suspects Are Making An Effort To
Transfer Or Withdraw Money From The Accounts And Unless This Court Grants This
Order, Otherwise, The Investigation Would Be Jeopardised.
“That It Will Be In The
Interest Of Justice To Grant This Request By Freezing The Account Of The Said
Suspects And Order Their Immediate Arrest On Sighting Them Pending The Outcome
Of The Investigation And Possible Prosecution,” He Said.
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