{"id":63457,"date":"2022-08-05T18:02:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T17:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=63457"},"modified":"2022-08-05T18:02:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T17:02:08","slug":"n329-4-million-court-orders-providus-bank-to-return-customers-fund-fraudulently-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/n329-4-million-court-orders-providus-bank-to-return-customers-fund-fraudulently-removed\/","title":{"rendered":"N329.4 million: Court Orders Providus Bank To Return Customer’s Fund Fraudulently Removed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Justice Peter Lifu presiding over a Federal high court in Lagos southwest Nigeria has ordered that Providus Bank Limited should transfer back the remaining balance of N329.4 million alleged to have been fraudulently transferred from the account of one of the bank\u2019s customers, Aqua 10 Nigeria Limited.<\/p>\n

\"\"Justice Lifu also awarded the cost of one Hundred Thousand Naira against PROVIDUS Bank LIMITED but in favour of Plaintiff AQUA 10 NIGERIA LTD. The judgement of the court was sequel to a suit filed before the court by Barrister Kelechi Chukwu on behalf of AQUA 10 NIGERIA LTD\u00a0 against PROVIDUS BANK LIMITED and seven others namely: Jethra Designs Investment Limited, Vacubeg Group of Companies Limited, Heroes Heights construction company Limited, Vacubeg Investment Limited, North Alta Trading Limited, Abiodun Shoyombo Trading under the name and style of Seatea Enterprises, Abiodun Afeez Adeyemi Trading under the name and style of Adeyemi Digital Enterprises.<\/p>\n

In an affidavit sworn to by the Managing Director of the company, Mr Oladipo Okuntola, he alleged that sometime around the 9th and 12th of July,2021, the total sum of N558,569,000 were removed from the account of his company in Providus Bank Limited to the account of Jethra Designs Investment Limited in another bank,the funds were moved in 8 tranches.<\/p>\n

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The funds were meant for the payment for goods to be purchased from\u00a0 HG Hongkong Company Limited and the new silver industry Company Limited in China. The funds were again moved from the account of Jethra Designs Investment Limited to\u00a0 Vacubeg Group of companies limited. \u00a0Thereafter Vacubeg in turn moved the funds to the account of Heroes Heights Construction Company Limited, The funds were again moved by Heroes Heights construction company Limited account to Vacubeg Investment Limited<\/p>\n

Vacubeg Investment Limited upon receiving the funds moved same back to the account of Vacubeg Group of companies limited, Vacubeg Group of companies limited then move the funds to the account of North Alta Trading. \u00a0Limited. \u00a0The total sum of\u00a0 N329.454,650,296.28 were moved to the three accounts, stated below domicile in Providus bank:<\/p>\n

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North Alta Trading Limited -N93,361,828.97<\/p>\n

Abiodun Shoyombo Trading under the name and style of Seatea Enterprises- N185,133,525,.08<\/p>\n

Abiodun Afeez Adeyemi Trading under the name and style of Adeyemi Digital Enterprises-N50,959,296.23<\/p>

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Subsequently, it was discovered that internet fraudsters were behind the companies and business names sued as 2nd to 8th defendants in this suit and that the persons behind the companies had fled from Nigeria.<\/p>\n

The matter was reported to Interpol, and through Interpol, the movement of the plaintiff\u2019s funds and the persons involved in the fraud were traced. Plaintiff has requested that its funds be traced to the 6th, 7th and 8th Defendant accounts in the Providus\u00a0 Bank who is also the Plaintiff\u2019s bankers be returned, but the bank is insisting that without the court\u2019s directive or order, the bank will not return the Plaintiff\u2019s funds traced to the 6th, 7th and 8th Defendants\u2019 accounts in the Providus bank.<\/p>\n

That unless the\u00a0 Court intervenes, the Providus bank will not return the Plaintiff\u2019s money traced by Interpol into the accounts of the 6th, 7th and 8th Defendants domiciled in the bank. That it is in the interest of justice to grant this application.<\/p>\n

That the Defendants will not be prejudiced by the grant of this Originating Summons, more so, when the individuals behind the 2nd to 8th Defendants are on the run.<\/p>\n

The bank\u2019s counsel Ifeoluwa Badejo submitted that the bank reversed the sum of N50,700,000, from the account of the 6th defendant\u2019s account to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission following the order issued by Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, and same was not done with intention of interfering with justice in this case.<\/p>\n

Justice Lifu in his judgement, ordered as follows:<\/p>\n

The first defendant that is Providus bank limited is hereby ordered or directed to move or transfer the plaintiff\u2019s fund in the account of the 6th,7th, and 8th defendants to the plaintiff\u2019s account kept with her.<\/p>\n

Since the sum of N 50,700,000 has so far been reversed, the remaining balance in the total sum of N329,454,650.28 that is, less the\u00a0 N50,700,000 should be transferred to the plaintiff\u2019s account forthwith.<\/p>\n

A cost of N100 Thousand Naira is hereby awarded against PROVIDUS bank Limited but in favour of AQUA 10 Nigeria Limited<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Justice Peter Lifu presiding over a Federal high court in Lagos southwest Nigeria has ordered that Providus Bank Limited should transfer back the remaining balance of N329.4 million alleged to have been fraudulently transferred from the account of one of the bank\u2019s customers, Aqua 10 Nigeria Limited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"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":[23,18,17],"tags":[9822],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-63457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-business","category-crime","category-news","tag-providus-bank"],"yoast_head":"\nN329.4 million: Court Orders Providus Bank To Return Customer's Fund Fraudulently Removed - National Wire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Justice Peter Lifu presiding over a Federal high court in Lagos southwest Nigeria has ordered that Providus Bank Limited\" \/>\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\/n329-4-million-court-orders-providus-bank-to-return-customers-fund-fraudulently-removed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"N329.4 million: Court Orders Providus Bank To Return Customer's Fund Fraudulently Removed - 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