A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed November 16 for hearing on the application seeking the forfeiture funds in bank accounts without Bank Verification Numbers (BVNs).
Justice Nnnami Dimgba also ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and 19 commercial banks in the country to disclose accounts and balances in their banks.
This is contained in an interim forfeiture order made recently by the judge wherein he also directed the banks to freeze the said accounts by stopping all transactions pending the hearing of the substantive application for the forfeiture of the balances in the accounts. The orders followed an application by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami (SAN) through an ex parte application.
The listed banks are Access Bank Plc, Citi Bank Nigeria, Diamond Bank Plc, Ecobank Nigeria, Fidelity Bank of Nigeria Plc, First Bank of Nigeria Plc, First City Monument Bank Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc and Heritage Bank Plc. Others are Keystone Bank, Skye Bank Plc, Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, United Bank for Africa Plc, Unity Bank Plc, Wema Bank Plc, Zenith Bank Plc and the CBN.
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