Four commercial banks have been ordered to freeze seven accounts in furtherance of an ongoing police investigation into alleged suspicious transactions.
Magistrate Abdulsalam Abubakar of the Chief Magistrate Court (Upper), Nasarawa State in New Karu, issued the order on January 19 in four separate ex-parte motions filed in the name of the Inspector General of Police (IGP).
In one of the banks, the order is directed at an account – said to be owned by Odupaye A. Abimbola and another said to be owned by Toluwani Gideon Olisa.
In the third bank, the affected accounts and the owners are Toluwani Gideon Olisa.
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The fourth affected bank and owner is Odupaye Abimbola Joseph; and in another – Toluwani Olisa and Olisa Toluwani Gideon.
The court also ordered the banks to furnish the Commissioner of Police (INTERPOL), Force CID Annex, Lagos, with the certified true copies (CTC) of the following information concerning the accounts: account opening package and mandate files; the BVN linked to the accounts and the statements of account reflecting transfer with account numbers of both inflows and outflows from inception to date.
The banks are also ordered to provide certificates of identification (pursuant to Section 84(4) of the Evidence Act, 2011).
They are also to place Post No Debit (PND) including ATM, but allow inflow of cash into the accounts. The court ordered the banks to “effect arrest of the account holders if seen and contact INTERPOL on 08085824015 and any other information that could assist the ongoing investigation.”