Federal High Court in Lagos has placed a “Post No Debit” on accounts of seven businessmen and four firms in eight banks pending probe of how N1,426,100,430 was fraudulently transferred from a Lebanese firm.
Justice Akintayo Aluko granted the order on August 20, sequel to a motion ex parte moved by Department of State Security (DSS), through its counsel, Michael Bajela. The order subsists for 90 days.
The complainant is Fouani Nigeria Limited; respondents and bank details are: Haruna Adam Abubakar – 1709985717 (Access); Anthony Godwill Ifeanyi – 1236732473 (Access), Tochukwu Modestus Obodoefuna – 1565420706 (Access), M. Munzali Dara Worldwide Business 5601060742 (Fidelily); Anthony Ifeanyi Electronic Trading 5420158002 (Keystone); Kholobekian Joseph Mesrob 1016886802 (UBA); Izuchukwu Stanley Alaman Jo 2137303667 (UBA); A.S. Rano Lubricant Toll Inv. 1305567771 (Providus), Obioma Emeka Daniel 1005922923 (FCMB); Esto World Mega Venture Resources 2004467010 (Globus); and Mubarak Buhari 8066868814 (Opay).
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The court adjourned till November 22, for report of compliance.
“Post No Debit” is restriction preventing customers from withdrawals, transfers, or other debits from their accounts.
In applying for the order, Bajela supported his application with a affidavit sworn by DSS operative, Joshua Babalola.
Babalola averred the applicant (DSS) received a petition from Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) with the heading, “Request for probe into unauthorised fund transfers on Fouani Account.”
Dated August 1, and signed by Richard Bello, in Audit and Olusola Odediran in Information Security, it claimed ‘‘N1,426,100,430 was fraudulently transferred by respondents from Fouani account 0690342734 in Access; 0004018789 GTBank; 1010248929 Zenith Bank; and 1004536508 (UBA Bank).