US EditionNigeria: Court Freezes Jaiz Bank Accounts Linked to Mele Kyari
- The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the temporary freezing of four Jaiz Bank accounts linked to Mele Kyari due to allegations of fraud and money laundering.
- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission stated that N661.4 million in the accounts is suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities.
- Justice Emeka Nwite issued the ruling based on an ex parte motion from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking to block the accounts.
- The case could become one of the highest-profile corruption cases involving a former head of the state-owned oil corporation.
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Nigeria: Court Freezes Jaiz Bank Accounts Linked to Mele Kyari
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the temporary freezing of four Jaiz Bank accounts linked to Mr Mele Kyari, the immediate-past Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), over allegations bordering on fraud.
Court freezes Jaiz Bank accounts linked to ex-NNPCL boss Mele Kyari over alleged fraud
EFCC said preliminary findings showed that N661.4 million, suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities, was warehoused in the four accounts. The post Court freezes Jaiz Bank accounts linked to ex-NNPCL boss Mele Kyari over alleged fraud appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
Court Freezes Bank Accounts Linked to Ex-NNPC Boss Mele Kyari
By Adedapo Adesanya A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the temporary freezing of four Jaiz Bank accounts linked to the immediate-past chief executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mr Mele Kyari, over allegations of fraud. Justice Emeka Nwite made the order on Tuesday after counsel for the Economic and […]
Court freezes Mele Kyari’s N661m in bank on EFCC request
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has granted an ex parte order sought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to freeze three bank accounts linked to the former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari. The order, which was issued on Tuesday, places a hold on a total of N661,464,601.50 lodged in three accounts operated with Jaiz Bank. The affected acc…
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