Court Freezes Benue Bank Accounts Over N333m Debt

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A Federal High Court, Abuja has given an interim order, freezing all the bank accounts of Benue State government maintained in some banks in the country A Federal High Court, Abuja has given an interim order, freezing all the bank accounts of Benue State government maintained in some banks in the country following its inability to repay the N333 million loan it took in 2008.

The court also made an interim order “freezing and attaching the JAAC Bank Accounts , Internally-Generated Revenue Accounts, all bank accounts both current, savings, fixed deposits and/or investments accounts of the 2nd respondent maintained with all the banks mentioned above pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.

“An order is hereby made directing all banks and/or other financial institutions in Nigeria to, within seven days of the date of service of this order, file and serve an affidavit of compliance disclosing with statement on each account howsoever designated, held and/or maintained by the respondents and ail accounts to which the respondents are signatories for a period of six months prior to the date of service of this order till date.

AMCON told the court that the 1st respondent , which has its office in Kaduna State, had collected a N333 million loan facility from Bank PHB Plc on January 31, 2008 “for the purpose of purchasing 5,000 pieces of motorcycles to the 2nd defendant and its workers through the Nigeria Labour Congress of its state vide an irrevocable standing payment order (ISPO}.

 

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