The Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday
said it got an order from the Federal High Court, Abuja division, to freeze 11
bank accounts to enable it conduct investigations into suspicious activities.
It disclosed this in two documents posted
on its website on Wednesday.
The CBN as the plaintiff, listed the names
of the defendants/respondents as Albert Austin Ugochukwu with two bank
accounts; Belfour Energy & Allied Services; Belfour Oil and Gas Limited with
three bank accounts; Circle Flow Integrated Services; Kacynaus Reality Nigeria
Limited with three bank accounts; and Tasmara Integrated Services.
The motion exparte which was dated March 12
and filled on March 16 sought the mandatory order of the court to direct First
City Monument Bank Limited to freeze all transactions on accounts and all other
bank accounts of the defendants for a period of 180 days pending the outcome of
investigation and inquiry currently being conducted by the CBN.
According to the document, the
investigation was connected to a female who is an ‘Assistant Manager of the
CBN, Central Business District, Oluwatoyosi Suwebat Oladipo’.
In another document signed by the Presiding
Judge, A.R. Mohammed, the court empowered the CBN to direct FCMB to freeze all
transactions on the bank accounts for a period of 45 days only, pending the
outcome of investigation.
It added that
the order was renewable on expiration but only on good reasons shown.
Any person
affected by this order was entitled to approach the country to seek to set
aside, discharge or have the order reviewed for good reasons, it said.
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