{"id":63408,"date":"2022-08-05T12:16:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T11:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=63408"},"modified":"2022-08-05T12:16:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T11:16:55","slug":"firstbank-branch-head-office-not-sealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/firstbank-branch-head-office-not-sealed\/","title":{"rendered":"FirstBank Branch, Head Office, Not Sealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FirstBank of Nigeria Plc has debunked media reports, not national wire, that its branch and headquarter have been sealed following a court order.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement by the bank, a copy obtained by National Wire, the bank said: &#8220;Our attention has been drawn to the news reports online with the conflicting claims that FirstBank branch or\/head office has been sealed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please be informed that the referenced story is a misrepresentation of the facts and misleading. Neither our branch nor head office was sealed. On the 4th of August, 2022, there was an unlawful enforcement at the Bank\u2019s Coomassie House Branch of a garnishee order issued by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja which order the Bank is still challenging in court.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While the Bank has taken appropriate legal steps to deal with the situation, we wish to reassure our customers of unhindered banking services and unique customer experience in all our branches and through our numerous alternative channels&#8221;, it added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>FirstBank of Nigeria Plc has debunked media publications, not national wire, that it&#8217;s branch and headquarter have been sealed following a court order.<!-- 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":25807,"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":[23,17],"tags":[1652],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-63408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-news","tag-firstbank"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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