One of the accounts, domiciled with Skye Bank plc,
has a balance of $5,316.66.
The presiding judge, Justice Mojisola Olatoregun, while granting the order
freezing the accounts ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, to file an undertaking in relation to damages payable by it if it turns
out that the order should not have been made.
The freezing follows further affidavit in support of
Ex-parte originating summons sworn to by Mr. Abdulahi Tukur, an EFCC operative
and filed before the court by EFCC prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo.
It requested the court to urgently direct the
managers of the bank accounts contained in the schedule filed with the summons
(FHC/L/CS/1343/16) to, in the interim, forfeit the money in the accounts, to
prevent further tampering with such.
Also affected by the order are five companies
-Finchley Top Homes Limited, Aribawa Aruera, Magel Resort Limited, AM – PM
Global Network Limited Pansy Oil and Gas Limited.
Finchley Top Homes Limited is alleged to have
fraudulently open account number 1102001996 domiciled with Ecobank Plc and has
a current balance of N226,376,700.23 and a fixed deposit with a balance of
N1,099,511,484.88.
The company also fraudulently opened other accounts including account
1771731336, domiciled with Skye Bank and with a current balance of
N14,173,848.85; Fidelity Bank account 4011019539 with a current balance of
N1,800,494,000; Stanbic Bank account 0016901361 with a current balance of
N40,594,12.88; and Diamond Bank account 0019213687 with a current balance of
N39,418,712.12.
Aribawa Aruera Reachout Foundation opened account
number 1222014221 with Ecobank and has a closing balance of N479,893,431.01,
while Magel Resort Limited accounts (4011019546/5250059782) with Fidelity Bank
has a subsisting balance of N1,000,494,000.
The company also operates two other accounts
(1011744356) in Zenith Bank, which has a balance of N858,923,982, and
0024351590 with Diamond Bank and has a balance of N174,166,207.00.
AM-PM Global Network Limited opened account number
0026718889 at Diamond Bank and has a balance of N7,213,303.50.
The account opened by Pansy Oil and Gas Limited at
Fidelity Bank (4011019577) has a current balance of N1,809,666,494.68, while
that at Diamond Bank (0026838491) has a balance of N55,930,024.50.
Also affected is one Esther Oba who has a balance of $429,381.87 in her account while the companies collectively havea balances totaling N7,418,829,290.94 (seven billion four hundred and eighteen million eight hundred and twenty nine thousand two hundred and ninety naira ninety four kobo) in six commercial banks.
Esther Oba was found to have opened account number
0019213689 with Diamond Bank and has a current balance of $429,381.87. The EFCC
said it carried out analyses after receiving an intelligence report, which
showed that the accounts ought to be investigated.
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