The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered banks to provide the domiciliary account statements of some high profile customers and other accounts linked to the customers through the Bank Verification Number. It disclosed this in a letter to all the banks with the number, ‘BSD/DIR/GEN/LAB/13/063, dated September 15, titled ‘Request for statement of accounts’, signed by the Director of Banking Supervision, CBN, Z. Marcus. The Deposit Money Banks were ordered to send the details to five listed email addresses by the CBN after listing the names of 16 individuals in the letter. Some of the individuals recently had their company’s bank accounts frozen over forex infractions. The customers listed included Chief Kesington A. Adebutu; Adebisi A. Adebutu; Ajibola Bankole Adebutu; Olanipekun Orekoya Adebutu; and Olasegun Oladiran Adebutu. The Adebutus are directors of Premier Lotto. The list also includes Adekunle O. Soname and Ayodeji Ojuroye, owners of Bet9ja. Other names are Akinola Adekunle Alabi, founder of NairaBet, and member of the House of Representatives; Oluwadamilare Olubukola Alabi; Oluwafemi Babalola; and Adetayo Cosmas Adesanwo. Some foreigners that do business in the country on the list are David Patrick Grogan; Domenico Giovando; Mauro Ripamonti; Charbel Jabbour Chidiac; and Byron Powell. A number of the persons on the list are linked to the betting industry. Attempts to speak with Akinola Alabi proved abortive as he neither responded to calls nor a text message on Wednesday. A source expressed worry on the light that had been beamed on the members of Adebutu’s family. The source said, “Apart from being directors of their father’s betting business, these men (the Adebutus) have their own businesses. I know one of them that is into the oil business. “Their businesses have to do with forex; so, they cannot do without using forex.” Part of the letter to the bank read, “You are required to furnish us with the domiciliary account statements (Excel and PDF format of the under-listed individuals including the domiciliary accounts linked to them by the Bank Verification Number. “The statement should cover the period from January 1, 2013, to July 31, 2020.” When contacted on the reason for the accounts, the CBN declined to make any comment. However, it should be recalled that the CBN recently instructed banks to place a post-no-debit on the bank accounts of 38 companies. It stated in a circular to the banks: “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.” The affected accounts belonged to betting companies, bureau de change companies, and some logistics companies. The report stated that the companies were accused of forex infractions, moving forex abroad without the required authorization, and economic sabotage.
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