The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
has instructed banks to place a post-no-debit on the bank accounts of 38
companies.
The affected accounts belong to
betting companies, bureau de change companies and some logistics companies.
One of the companies, Premier
Lotto, is owned by Adebutu Kessington, a Nigerian businessman popularly known
as Baba Ijebu.
TheCable reports that the
companies are being accused of forex infractions and moving forex abroad
without the required authorisation.
Sources disclosed that one of
the gaming companies moved $420 million abroad under the guise of purchasing
software, without approval from the National Office for Technology Acquisition
and Promotion (NOTAP).
The September 4 memo signed by
Bello Hassan, director of banking supervision, read: “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”.
A post-no-debit means that all
debit transactions, including ATMs and cheques, on the accounts have been
blocked but money can be deposited into the accounts.
Some of the affected companies
are Premier Lotto Limited, 3D Scanners Bureau De Change Limited, Blue Wall
Nigeria Limited, JNFX International Limited and Northline Limited.
Others are SV Gaming Limited,
R&S Lotto Limited, TM Gaming Networks Limited, Escale Oil and Gas Limited,
Barkoli Trading Company Limited, Godoni Enterprises Limited.
The apex bank said only the
listed companies should be placed on PND adding that all related accounts be
excluded.s
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