Wednesday, the Federal Court of Abuja, granted the demand of the commission for economic and financial crimes (EFCC) to freeze the report of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) of Cirrian Njoku, a Nigerian, based in Germany, for an alleged criminal violation of trust.
Judge Ekete Akpan granted the request after EFCC’s lawyer, Gi Ndeh, moved the ex -part effect.
Ndeh said that the motion, dated June 16, was filed on June 17th.
“We have a sworn declaration of 17 paragraphs and two exhibitions labeled as an EFCC-1 and EFCC-2 exhibition. We also attached a written address,” he said, urging the court to grant the application.
The judge Akpan, in a short sentence, ordered that the account was frozen for a period of 14 days.
“This question is granted in terms of 1 and 2 prayers.
“The order will remain in force only for 14 days starting today and the order will have passed after 14 days,” established the judge.
Freedomonline reports that the Anti-Innesto Agency, in the former marked part: FHC) Abj/CS/1178/2025, has sought two orders, which are:
“An order of this honorable court that directs the freezing of the funds in United Bank for Africa {Ba) account number: 3003068433, belonging to Njoku Nnamdi Ciryriacus, pending the conclusion of the investigations and/or possible judicial proceeding,
“An order that directs the United Bank for Africa to position a restriction of” post -free “(PND) on this account pending the conclusion of the investigations”.
In a sworn declaration made by a legal assistant at the EFCC, Ufuoma Ezire, he made an average that the Commission received a petition through an and on January 28 from “Mary Njoku, a Japanese resident of Nigerian origin, supporting a criminal violation of trust and financial fraud against suspicion, Njokw Ciriacus, who lives in Germany.”
He said that the signatory said he resided outside Nigeria since 2016 and had sponsored the education of suspicion for over two years, both in Nigeria and in Germany.
“That in 2023 admission to an institution in Canada and on the basis of his existing relationship of trust with suspicion, asked him to help him facilitate the payment of his university fees
“By acting on this agreement, the signatory transferred a total of $ 14,000 USD in the number of account of the UBA dollar of the suspect: 3003068433 in two tranches on June 27, 2023 and 30 June 2023 with the awareness that he would have put back to the same Canadian institution for his behavior.
“That subsequently, the signatory was denied a Canadian visa and the institution refunded the university fees of $ 13,353.90 USD in the aforementioned UBA report of the suspicion on May 27, 2024.
“That the respondent (Cyriacus) despite the multiple requests, has failed, refused and neglected to reimburse the aforementioned sum of $ 13,353.90 to the signatory and since then he has ceased all the communications with her,” said Ezire.
The FCC official has declared on the basis of the investigations conducted so far, it has been established that the aforementioned sum of $ 13,353.90 remains on the Cyriacus account, with the latest registered credit interest that brought the total balance to $ 13,386.24 to 30 April.
“That the declaration of graduated by UBA, attached to this document, confirms the consumption of the two tranches of funds and the balance of the current credit in said account.”
According to him, the Commission reasonably suspects that the funds in the suspicion account represent the proceeds of the criminal violation of trust and can be kept pending conclusion of the investigations and possible judicial proceedings.
“The Commission | seeks the order of this honorable Court to freeze the aforementioned account to prevent the dissipation of the funds in it and guarantee the subject of investigation.
“It is in the interest of justice to grant this application in order to prevent further financial injuries for the signatory and preserve the funds pending the outcome of the investigations,” he said.