{"id":30575,"date":"2019-03-15T12:49:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T11:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=30575"},"modified":"2019-03-15T12:49:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T11:49:19","slug":"our-case-with-major-general-umaru-mohammed-will-be-pursued-to-logical-conclusion-ecobank-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/our-case-with-major-general-umaru-mohammed-will-be-pursued-to-logical-conclusion-ecobank-source\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOur Case With Major General Umaru Mohammed Will Be Pursued To Logical Conclusion\u201d \u2013 Ecobank Source"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv5579960472ydpa77b7d5eyiv9818129927MsoNormal\">The court case instituted against Ecobank Nigeria by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) involving Major General Umaru Mohammed is best described as that of a debtor trying\u00a0to avoid the debt he owes the bank.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5579960472ydpa77b7d5eyiv9818129927MsoNormal\">A credible source from Ecobank, who pleaded anonymity, stated that the bank is ready to pursue the case to its logical conclusion. The source disclosed that the indebtedness arose from a Mastercard Credit Card that General Umaru Mohammed obtained from Ecobank with an outstanding debt of over N9 million to the bank.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5579960472ydpa77b7d5eyiv9818129927MsoNormal\">He claimed that Mohammed was indeed indebted to the Bank and only decided to retract paying his debt recently upon an upsurge in recovery activities on unpaid account. The Ecobank source queried why Mohammed did not act since 2013 when he discovered the said alleged fraud on his account.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5579960472ydpa77b7d5eyiv9818129927MsoNormal\">The EFCC had on Thursday March 7, arraigned the Bank and one of its ex-staff, Aniekan Udoh for \u201cnegligently failing to exercise due diligence in relation to the conduct of financial transactions with Major General Mohammed.\u201d The defendants pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5579960472ydpa77b7d5eyiv9818129927MsoNormal\">The Ecobank source who said he is privy to the transaction and have been following the case maintained that Ecobank is a financial institution in the business of taking deposits and lending money to the public and the issue at stake is purely a banker-customer relationship matter with no crime or intent to commit crime whatsoever.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p class=\"yiv5579960472ydpa77b7d5eyiv9818129927MsoNormal\">According to him, Major General Mohammed appears to be using the court process to evade his obligations to the bank. He said everybody who knows the history of the case are surprised that the debtor could resort to legal ambush method. He does not believe however that his tactics will be successful given the antecedent of the Bank in recovering\u00a0all unpaid debts in a bid to safeguard depositors\u2019 fund.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5579960472ydpa77b7d5eyiv9818129927MsoNormal\">He further said that Ecobank Nigeria is one of the banks strictly guided by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) rules and Code of Conduct guiding financial institutions in its day to day operations, stressing that in dealing with customers, the bank believes in equity and fairness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5579960472ydpa77b7d5eyiv9818129927MsoNormal\">\u201cEcobank is an ethical bank that carries out its business in compliance with global best practices. The court I am sure will do\u00a0justice in this matter. People should not use their position to avoid paying their debt\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5579960472ydpa77b7d5eyiv9818129927MsoNormal\">At Tuesday\u2019s hearing, the Lawyer representing Ecobank, Emuobonuvie Majemite of Punuka Attorneys &amp; Solicitors, maintained that the Bank will pursue the case to its logical conclusion to ensure justice.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The court case instituted against Ecobank Nigeria by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) involving Major General Umaru <!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1593,17,624],"tags":[2868],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-30575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-metro","category-news","category-politics","tag-ecobank-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201cOur Case With Major General Umaru Mohammed Will Be Pursued To Logical Conclusion\u201d \u2013 Ecobank Source - National Wire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/our-case-with-major-general-umaru-mohammed-will-be-pursued-to-logical-conclusion-ecobank-source\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cOur Case With Major General Umaru Mohammed Will Be Pursued To Logical Conclusion\u201d \u2013 Ecobank Source - National Wire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The court case instituted against Ecobank Nigeria by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) involving Major General Umaru\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/our-case-with-major-general-umaru-mohammed-will-be-pursued-to-logical-conclusion-ecobank-source\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"National Wire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-15T11:49:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ecobank_8.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"460\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"276\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Friday Ekeoba\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/\",\"name\":\"National Wire\",\"description\":\"About Nigerians, Nigerian Business and Other Stories\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/our-case-with-major-general-umaru-mohammed-will-be-pursued-to-logical-conclusion-ecobank-source\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ecobank_8.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ecobank_8.jpg\",\"width\":460,\"height\":276,\"caption\":\"Ecobank Logo\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/our-case-with-major-general-umaru-mohammed-will-be-pursued-to-logical-conclusion-ecobank-source\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/our-case-with-major-general-umaru-mohammed-will-be-pursued-to-logical-conclusion-ecobank-source\/\",\"name\":\"\u201cOur Case With Major General Umaru Mohammed Will Be Pursued To Logical Conclusion\u201d \u2013 Ecobank Source - National Wire\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/our-case-with-major-general-umaru-mohammed-will-be-pursued-to-logical-conclusion-ecobank-source\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-15T11:49:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-03-15T11:49:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/e2ab303e561d755b325fc9cea3854927\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/our-case-with-major-general-umaru-mohammed-will-be-pursued-to-logical-conclusion-ecobank-source\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/our-case-with-major-general-umaru-mohammed-will-be-pursued-to-logical-conclusion-ecobank-source\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/our-case-with-major-general-umaru-mohammed-will-be-pursued-to-logical-conclusion-ecobank-source\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u201cOur Case With Major General Umaru Mohammed Will Be Pursued To Logical Conclusion\u201d \u2013 Ecobank Source\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/e2ab303e561d755b325fc9cea3854927\",\"name\":\"Friday Ekeoba\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/author\/friday\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u201cOur Case With Major General Umaru Mohammed Will Be Pursued To Logical Conclusion\u201d \u2013 Ecobank Source - National Wire","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/our-case-with-major-general-umaru-mohammed-will-be-pursued-to-logical-conclusion-ecobank-source\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u201cOur Case With Major General Umaru Mohammed Will Be Pursued To Logical Conclusion\u201d \u2013 Ecobank Source - National Wire","og_description":"The court case instituted against Ecobank Nigeria by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) involving Major General Umaru","og_url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/our-case-with-major-general-umaru-mohammed-will-be-pursued-to-logical-conclusion-ecobank-source\/","og_site_name":"National Wire","article_published_time":"2019-03-15T11:49:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":460,"height":276,"url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ecobank_8.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Friday Ekeoba","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/","name":"National Wire","description":"About Nigerians, Nigerian Business and Other Stories","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/our-case-with-major-general-umaru-mohammed-will-be-pursued-to-logical-conclusion-ecobank-source\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ecobank_8.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ecobank_8.jpg","width":460,"height":276,"caption":"Ecobank Logo"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/our-case-with-major-general-umaru-mohammed-will-be-pursued-to-logical-conclusion-ecobank-source\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/our-case-with-major-general-umaru-mohammed-will-be-pursued-to-logical-conclusion-ecobank-source\/","name":"\u201cOur Case With Major General Umaru Mohammed Will Be Pursued To Logical Conclusion\u201d \u2013 Ecobank Source - National Wire","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/our-case-with-major-general-umaru-mohammed-will-be-pursued-to-logical-conclusion-ecobank-source\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2019-03-15T11:49:19+00:00","dateModified":"2019-03-15T11:49:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/e2ab303e561d755b325fc9cea3854927"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/our-case-with-major-general-umaru-mohammed-will-be-pursued-to-logical-conclusion-ecobank-source\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/our-case-with-major-general-umaru-mohammed-will-be-pursued-to-logical-conclusion-ecobank-source\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/our-case-with-major-general-umaru-mohammed-will-be-pursued-to-logical-conclusion-ecobank-source\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u201cOur Case With Major General Umaru Mohammed Will Be Pursued To Logical Conclusion\u201d \u2013 Ecobank Source"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/e2ab303e561d755b325fc9cea3854927","name":"Friday Ekeoba","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/author\/friday\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30576,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30575\/revisions\/30576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30575"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=30575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}