Court Freezes 32 Accounts Connected To #EndBadGovernance Protests (See Full List)

365NEWS reports that An Abuja Federal High Court has frozen 32 bank accounts allegedly linked to the recent #EndBadGovernance protests in Nigeria.

The court, on Thursday, issued an order instructing banks to impose a Post-No-Debit (PND) on the accounts and apprehend the account holders or any individuals conducting transactions on these accounts.

The ruling by Justice Emeka Nwite followed an ex-parte motion submitted by Ibrahim Mohammed, Counsel to the Inspector-General of Police. Mohammed claimed that the accounts were involved in activities related to terrorism financing, treasonable felonies, cyberbullying, and cyberstalking.

Justice Nwite stated that the court order is intended to prevent the suspects from transferring or withdrawing funds, which could compromise the ongoing investigation and potential prosecution.

He directed the banks to provide details of the accounts, enforce the PND, disable ATM access, but allow deposits into the accounts from the date of the order.

The frozen accounts, listed in application FHC/ABJ/CS/1219/2024, belong to various individuals and companies, including PA.LIN.HO Global Service Ltd, Innocent Angel Lovet Chinyere Nkiru, Obidient Movement Multipurpose Cooperative Society, and Great Communicators Champion Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd.

The affected accounts include those held at Fidelity Bank (4010073491), Access Bank (1255130019), Abbey Mortgage Multipurpose Bank Plc (0006084167), FCMB (0821931299, 1012007655), UBA (1007871587, 2037117333, 1022899050, 2088228208), ECOBANK (5421031104), Union Bank (0024541201), Branch International Services Ltd (8755008491, 8755008499, 6112464260, 6112464267), Fairmoney Microfinance Bank (4936992542, 3434649965), New Edge Finance (1011828445), First Bank (3041823452, 3024402748), GTBank (0161502459), Wema Bank (0250291788), Sparkle Microfinance Bank Ltd (1000774097), KUDA Microfinance Bank (2013556714), Polaris Bank (3104962864), OPAY (8137051249), and PALMPAY (8137051249).

Detective Gregory Woji, in his affidavit supporting the ex-parte motion, revealed that initial investigations indicated that some suspects had been recruited by financiers to incite violence and destruction of lives and property. Allegations also suggested the involvement of foreign nationals in these illegal activities.

Woji emphasized that freezing the accounts and arresting the suspects are necessary steps to ensure justice while the investigation continues and potential charges are pursued.