Kotun Tarayya ta hana bankunan Najeriya cinye asusun Nduka Obaigbena da danginsa

Kotun Tarayya ta hana duk bankunan da ke aiki a Najeriya cinye asusun mai gudanar da kafofin watsa labarai Nduka Obaigbena da danginsa saboda zargin bashi ga First Bank of Nigeria. Hukuncin da aka yanke a ranar 30 ga Disamba, 2024, ya kuma hana Obaigbena daga motsa duk wata kadarori da ke da alaka da shi daga ikon Kotun Tarayya.

First Bank ta shigar da kara kan Obaigbena da danginsa, ciki har da Efe Damilola Obaigbena da Olabisi Eka Obaigbena, inda ta ce sun yi amfani da kamfaninsu na hidimar mai General Hydrocarbons Limited don daukar bashin kusan dala miliyan 718. A karkashin hukuncin da Alkali Deinde Dipeolu ya yanke a karar FHC/L/CS/2378/2024, an daskare aƙalla dala miliyan 225 a cikin asusun bankunan Obaigbena.

Alkalin ya kuma ce duk bankunan da ke da lasisin yin kasuwanci a Najeriya su dakatar da duk wata ma’amala ta kuɗi zuwa ga Obaigbena da kamfanonin da ke da alaka da su. Obaigbena bai mayar da buƙatar neman bayani game da hukuncin ba a ranar Alhamis da yamma.

Amma wani majiyya da ke kusa da shugaban THISDAY da Arise TV ya raba wasiƙa daga lauyoyinsa tare da Peoples Gazette, inda suka bayyana yadda lamarin ya fara da kuma dalilin da ya sa jami’an First Bank ke cikin haɗarin ƙetare kotu. A cikin wasiƙar da lauyoyinsu Abiodun Layonu & Co. suka rubuta a ranar 9 ga Janairu, 2025, Obaigbena sun yi iƙirarin cewa First Bank na ƙoƙarin tilasta musu ɗaukar alhakin bashin dala miliyan 718 da Atlantic Energy ke da shi.

Lauyoyin sun gargadi First Bank game da ‘babban illolin shari’a’ na zuwa wani alkali don samun hukuncin Mareva yayin da wani alkali na tarayya ya riga ya yanke hukunci na hana duk wani mataki kan Obaigbena game da takaddamar. Sun ambaci hukuncin da Alkali Lewis Allagoa na Kotun Tarayya ta Lagos ya yanke a ranar 12 ga Disamba, 2024, wanda ya hana First Bank daga ɗaukar kowane mataki don aiwatar da duk wata lamuni, kudaden shiga, kayan aiki, takardun kuɗi ko kadarorin abokan cinikinsu har sai an saurari kuma an yanke hukunci kan shari’ar da ke gudana tsakanin abokan cinikinsu da FBN.

Kamfanin ya ce First Bank ta san hukuncin kafin ta je wani alkali don neman umarnin ex-parte ba tare da bayyana hukuncin da ya gabata ba, wanda suka nuna cewa ba shi da da’a kuma ba bisa ka’ida ba. Wakilin First Bank da shugaban Femi Otedola ba su mayar da buƙatar neman bayani daga The Gazette ba game da ko sun karɓi wasiƙar daga lauyoyin Obaigbena ko a’a.

A cikin wata ƙara da aka aika wa Gwamnan CBN Yemi Cardoso a bara, Obaigbena ya ce ya taimaka wajen ceto First Bank daga rugujewar da ke gab a 2021 lokacin da ya yi amfani da albarkatun daga rijiyar mai OML 120 da ya samu a karkashin Shugaba Muhammadu Buhari don haɓaka arzikin kamfanin daga yin asarar Naira biliyan 161 zuwa sanarwar ribar Naira biliyan 151 a shekarar da ta ƙare a ranar 31 ga Disamba, 2021.

‘Ba mu da wani zaɓi face mu je kotu da kuma sasantawa don kiyaye haƙƙinmu na asali da haƙƙinmu a ƙarƙashin yarjejeniyoyin a fuskar ƙoƙarin FBN na yin amfani da ƙarfi da zalunci don kawar da mu,’ in ji Obaigbena a cikin korafin da aka yi a ranar 7 ga Nuwamba, 2024.