Advertorial: Legal Aid Council, Human Rights Commission & Public-Spirited Individuals, Save My Soul From UBA & CBN:–

As I woke up in early hours of 23/06/2024, I was greeted with a debit alert of #76,304.00 from my Diamond/Access Bank a/c. I was alarmed, I exclaimed, “Yahoo Boys Don Enter My A/C”! I couldn’t concentrate in d church service that day.
After d service, I looked closely at d debit msg.; lol & behold, it was from CBN- related loan recovery thro’ NIRSAL Microfinance bank. Me? Took loan from CBN? Never!

The fllg day (24/06/2024), with my lawyer, went to NIRSAL Office, here in Yenagoa, and laid my complaint that I never collected any loan from d CBN. D manager promised sending mail to their Head office regarding my complaints. That evening, the manger forwarded d reply from their head-quarters to me. The information indicates that I used my UBA Savings a/c No. 2103400794 to collect #700,000 Covid-19 loan frm CBN since 15/02/2021 and refused to pay. Hence CBN ordered trace of my BVN-related accounts to start deductions until d loan is liquidated.
AaH! I didn’t open such a/c & not aware of such till this debit alert. D fllg day (25/06/2024), with my lawyer, went to Swali Rd(Yenagoa) branch of UBA where both my Current & Savings A/Cs are domiciled, with a petition. On seeing d a/c number, the manager told us that it was opened at their Onopa(Yenagoa) branch. Me & my lawyer rushed to d referred branch, met d manager, explained our mission. He told us that d workers that committed such fraud had been sacked, that he was going to forward our petition to their legal dept. Similar petitions were equally physically delivered to CBN & Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police.
One of lawyer’s request was to place d questionable a/c on “lean”; even at that, deductions are still made on my a/c. Thus, my Access bank a/c the deductions are being made is a “feeder” a/c to two of my children’s (still in schl) accounts. D bank had my instructions to transferring specific amt @ specific dates frm this a/c to the children’s a/c. Because of this deduction by NIRSAL, I’d to withdraw all my money frm my Access a/c, leaving only #2000, thereby depriving my children’s accounts of d required funding. Even at that, #1957.56 was deducted on 11/07/24, leaving only #217.51 in the account.

I am a retiree & now into fish farming & poultry. I requested for a loan of #5M frm Moniepoint Microfinance Bank this November to augment feeding my birds for the season’s sales as cost of feeding d birds have gone beyond one’s expectations. On d verge of giving me d loan, Moniepoint declared that I’m not credit-worthy; that my BVN is marked red in all Nigerian banks, having collected loan frm CBN & refused to pay. Haba!! Being punished for what I don’t know about? The Police/CID investigating d case have submitted Certified True Copies of d case-related documents to my lawyer to enable him file a case against UBA & CBN. From d statements of d a/c obtained from d bank thro Police, the a/c was opened on 17/08/2018 with ten Naira(#10.00) only. A total of #2,299,204.86 went into the a/c (UBA SAVINGS A/C No. 2103400794) from Federal Govt in d name of Grants, Palliatives, & Loan. They operated the a/c till 08-01-2023 when they left only three kobo(#0.03) as balance. Even d address used in opening d account does not exist. I HAVE SO FAR SPENT A LOT OF MONEY PURSUING THIS CASE THUS FAR . AND MY LAWYER IS YET TO FILE THE CASE AGAINST UBA/CBN ON MY BEHALF BECAUSE THE MONEY INVOLVED IS BEYOND WHAT I CAN AFFORD, PARTICULARLY AS A RETIREE. HENCE, I PASSIONATELY APPEAL TO LEGAL AID COUNCIL, HUMAN RIGHT COMMISSION & PUBLIC-SPIRITED INDIVIDUALS TO COME TO MY RESCUE AGAINST THIS INJUSTICE LEVELLED AGAINST ME. Please, I can be reached on my e-mail- chinedum.nwoke@gmail.com

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