INVESTIGATION: The real owners of Nigeria's Polaris Bank revealed

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This months-long investigation reveals the full cast of characters to which the Central Bank of Nigeria and AMCON sold Polaris Bank.

, and Cotllion Trust Company Limited.

The regulators involved in the Polaris Bank transaction – including CBN, AMCON, and Corporate Affairs Commission – appear unable to explain how they allowed partial disclosure of the ownership of the bank, in violation of the law. The bank said, “Clotaire Investment Limited has one shareholder, Zagamon Limited, who owns 100% of the shares. The shares of Zagamon Limited are held by Lumbro Corporate Services Limited in trust for Zalane Limited , Montane Limited and The Galtstar Trust , who are nominee shareholders used as vehicles by Standard Bank Trust Company Ltd as trustees for the settlers.

Mr Emuwa, 59, is a former chief executive of Nigeria’s Union Bank and is currently a director of Tangerine Financial Limited, a UK-registered firm, alongside Mr Idiahi.Governance and transparency activists aware of our findings described the failure of the CAC to compel SCIL to act in compliance with the law – and also the due diligence failure of the CBN and AMCON – as a reflection of regulatory failures in Nigeria.

 

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