Ebun Olowu
The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed Deposit Money Banks to freeze the bank accounts of 38 companies operating in the country.
The development was confirmed in a circular dated September 4, 2020, signed by the CBN’s Director of Banking Supervision, Bello Hassan.
The apex bank in the circular directed commercial banks to place the accounts of the 38 companies on “Post No Debit”order.
Post No Debit is a situation where all transactions are prevented or money are prevented from going out of the bank account.
Any transaction related such as ATM card, cheques, credit card transactions and so on are not allowed.
This happens for some reasons such as fraud suspicions in most cases or on the side of the financial institution an error in terms of payment.
When this happens investigations may need to be conducted and necessary actions would be considered. If the financial institution is satisfied then the block will be removed.
The CBN circular reads, “You are hereby required to place the under listed accounts on Post-No-Debit with immediate effect and revert with the account names, numbers, currencies and balances of all accounts placed on PND.
“Note that only the listed entities should be placed on PND, all related accounts are excluded. Your response should be forwarded to the underlisted email addresses [email protected] or [email protected].’’
One of the companies listed by CBN is Premier Lotto owned by Adebutu Kessington, Nigerian billionaire known as Baba Ijebu.
There had been reports that one of Adebutu’s children and other management officials of Premier Lotto were in January detained at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission office in Lagos.
According to officials of the commission, the investigation was as a result of a petition submitted by Western Lotto, another betting company run by late Buruji Kashamu.
The EFCC was said to have identified N5bn revenue that should have been remitted to the Federal Government which was allegedly kept aside by the company.
Names | Affected Accounts | |
1. Premier Lotto Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
2. SV Gaming Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
3. R&S Lotto Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
4. Over The Top Entertainment Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
5. Beaufortbet Nigeria Limited. | All Bank Accounts | |
6. TM Gaming Network Limited. | All Bank Accounts | |
7. Fumsky Bureau De Change Limited. | All Bank Accounts | |
8. 3D Scanners Bureau De Change Limited. | All Bank Accounts | |
9. Blue Sleevers Bureau De Change Limited. | All Bank Accounts | |
10. Maiburgama Bureau De Change Limited. | All Bank Accounts | |
11. Upfront Movers Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
12. Pocasharks Ventures | All Bank Accounts | |
13. Incel Trading & Suppliers Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
14. Savvy Corp Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
15. Barkoli Trading Company Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
16. Comm Professional Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
17. Blue Wall Nigeria Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
18. JNFX International Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
19. Suxus General Trading Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
20. Escale Oil & Gas Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
21. Triune Resources & Energy Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
22. Exchange Telecommunications Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
23. Vingt Communications Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
24. Incel Mega Resources Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
25. Camberwell Logistics Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
26. Godoni Enterprises Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
27. Crescentpillars Investment Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
28. Carisbrooke Global Enterprises | All Bank Accounts | |
29. Nitelgale Global Resources Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
30. Northline Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
31. Befour Energy & Allied Services Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
32. Tasmara Integrated Services Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
33. Incel Integrated Services Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
34. Laketrail Investments Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
35. Tamrose Ventures Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
36. Roots Mining Company Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
37. Rapid International Procurement Limited | All Bank Accounts | |
38. Springgreek Capital Limited | All Bank Accounts |