Lawyer sues Access Bank over unlawful deduction
An Abuja-based lawyer, Malachy Nwaekpe, has filed a direct criminal complaint against the Access Bank Plc, the chief executive officer, Herbert Wigwe, and the chairman, Ajoritsedere Awosika, over alleged deduction from his bank account. The application, filed before the Magistrates’ Court in Wuse 2, Abuja, accuses the bank of acts that constitute criminal conspiracy, breach […]
An Abuja-based lawyer, Malachy Nwaekpe, has filed a direct criminal complaint against the Access Bank Plc, the chief executive officer, Herbert Wigwe, and the chairman, Ajoritsedere Awosika, over alleged deduction from his bank account.
The application, filed before the Magistrates’ Court in Wuse 2, Abuja, accuses the bank of acts that constitute criminal conspiracy, breach of trust, criminal misappropriation, theft and cheating.
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Nwaekpe also filed a civil suit in the same court, demanding N4million in damages against the bank.
The legal practitioner said he deposited his money into account number 0089785794 in the bank to keep in trust for him, expecting that it would yield interest, but the bank, on March 20, 2020, deducted the sum of N1, 128.57 from his account, purportedly for ATM Visa card.
He said that sometime in April 2017, he applied officially for and was issued Diamond Visa ATM card to expire on April 20, 2020. He added that he was surprised at the deduction of March 20, 2020 because his ATM Visa card was still valid and he never applied formerly or verbally for any new card and never consented to debiting his account for same.
He further said he never received any call from any branch of the bank to go for a new ATM card. He argued that the action is a breach of sections 97, 312, 309, 287 and 322 of the Penal Code.