May 27, (THEWILL) – The Yenagoa Division of the Federal High Court, on Tuesday, has adjourned a case filed by a customer of the United Bank of Africa (UBA) over deductions for a loan he never took.
Mr Chinedu Nwoke, a Yenagoa-based businessman, customer of UBA, had dragged the bank to the Federal High Court, Yenagoa, over an unauthorised debit on his account purportedly for a loan the customer did not take.
Nwoke is seeking redress over a purported COVID-19 loan valued at N700,000.00 from NISRAL Micro Finance Bank, which he knows nothing about, using his Bank Verification Number (BVN).
Nwoke, in his prayers before the court, lamented that the fraud allegedly perpetrated by the commercial bank has led to the blacklisting of his bank accounts and BVN from the banking system, depriving him of banking services.
When the case came up, Mr Precious John, Counsel to UBA, urged the court to grant an adjournment to allow the bank to open its defence.
Justice Ayo Emmanuel, therefore, adjourned the case to June 30.
The defendants are UBA and NISRAL Microfinance Bank.
Amos Okioma is a Correspondent at THEWILL
