Court freezes bank accounts of 32 #EndBadGovernance protesters

A Federal High Court in Abuja has frozen 32 bank accounts allegedly linked to the recent #EndBadGovernance protests across Nigeria.

The court order directs banks to place a Post-No-Debit (PND) on the accounts and to apprehend the account holders or any persons transacting business on these accounts.

Justice Emeka Nwite’s ruling was in response to an ex-parte motion filed by the Counsel to the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Mohammed, who alleged that the accounts were used to promote terrorism financing, treasonable felonies, cyberbullying, and cyberstalking.

According to the judge, the court order aims to prevent the suspects from transferring or withdrawing funds from the accounts, which could jeopardize the investigation and possible prosecution.

He declared, “The banks are hereby directed by this honorable court to issue details of the account package(s) and to place a Post-No-Debit (PND) on the accounts, disable the ATM, while allowing inflow into the said accounts from the date of this court order.”