Following the recent order by a Federal High Court to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to unfreeze accounts of protesters that have been frozen for months, Femi Falana has warned CBN, to stop freezing accounts of activists. He explained that the action of the apex bank constitutes a “gross infringement” to the fundamental right to a fair hearing.
Falana revealed that on November 4, 2020, the Central Bank of Nigeria approached the Federal High Court for an ex parte order to freeze the bank accounts of #EndSARS protesters. According to Falana, “The CBN asked for 180 days to investigate the #EndSARS protesters for the offences of money laundering and terrorism. Convinced that the CBN was telling the truth, the court ordered that the bank accounts be frozen for 90 days. “Since the #EndSARS protesters did not commit any offence whatsoever, the CBN did not investigate them until the ex parte order expired on February 4, 2021. It was on the basis of the expiration of the ex parte order that the case of the CBN was struck out by the Federal High Court." He warned that if the CBN does not desist from the illegal practice “our courts should turn down frivolous applications for freezing the bank accounts of activists and other citizens.”
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