Nigeria’s Secret Police DSS Secures Fresh Order To Freeze 13 Bank Accounts Over Alleged Terrorism
The make clear followed an ex-parte application made by the Department of the Declare Services (DSS), through its counsel Yunus Umar.
The Federal High Courtroom in Abuja has ordered the freezing of 13 totally different bank accounts reportedly linked to 1 Henry Okocha, suspected to be a terrorist.
The make clear followed an ex-parte application made by the Department of the Declare Services (DSS), through its counsel Yunus Umar.
The accounts are domiciled in seven totally different banks and are to remain frozen for 60 days, to enable the agency conduct forensic investigations into the alleged acts of terrorism by the suspect.
SaharaReporters reported on Sunday that a Federal High Courtroom in Abuja had issued an make clear freezing the bank accounts of 32 contributors and companies allegedly linked to the #EndBadGovernance protests that took space all the device through Nigeria between August 1 and August 10.
Justice Emeka Nwite who issued an ex-parte make clear freezing these accounts including cooperative society accounts, through a motion ex-parte filed by the Inspector-General of Police’s counsel, Ibrahim Mohammed, additionally directed banks to detain story holders or anybody stumbled on transacting enterprise on the affected accounts, pending investigation and prosecution.
In a current ex-parte make clear issued by Justice Peter Lifu, the court permitted the DSS to space an embargo on the bank accounts for 60 days for investigation.
In an 8-paragraph affidavit in give a dangle to of the ex-parte motion, basically basically based on Everyday Publish, Okocha was as soon as accused by the DSS of receiving thousands and thousands of naira into the accounts and was as soon as strongly suspected of being proceeds of terrorism.
He was as soon as confirmed to had been taken into the custody of the protection agency following his arrest for an investigation.
Arguing the applying, DSS counsel, Mr Umar, educated Justice Lifu that the DSS wished the freezing make clear to pause the suspect from the usage of the fund for illicit activities in opposition to harmless Nigerians.
The prison expert additionally told the prefer that the embargo on the accounts would enable the DSS to resolve the perpetrators and speak them sooner than the court for prosecution.
The ex-parte application marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1036/2024 was as soon as introduced below sections 5 and 81 of the Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act 2022.
The banks the assign the accounts are domiciled are United Bank for Africa, Guarantee Belief Bank, Union Bank of Nigeria, First Bank of Nigeria, Providus Bank, Palmpay Restricted and Resolut Restricted.
Justice Lifu became down the seek data from to put an embargo on the accounts for 90 days however permission for 60 days.
The DSS had days in the past sought and received an ex-parte make clear freezing 20 bank accounts belonging to 1 Aisha Abdulkarim, a girl accused of being a terrorist.
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