Nigeria - A former legislator of the Peoples Democratic Party, Doris Uboh-Ogunkoya, has had her accounts with 11 commercial banks frozen following a loan dispute with Sterling Bank, Vanguard reports.

A Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained 11 commercial banks in Nigeria from honouring any withdrawal transaction on the accounts of a former member of the House of Representatives, Doris Uboh-Ogunkoya.

Uboh-Ogunkoya was a member of the House between 2007 and 2011 under the platform of Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, and also a Senatorial candidate of Labour Party in the 2015 general elections.

Trial judge, Justice Mohammed Yunusa, who made the order, restrained the affected banks from allowing Uboh-Ogunkoya to withdrawal from her accounts with the banks pending the hearing and determination of a motion on notice before the court.

The affected banks are United Bank for Africa, UBA, First Bank, Zenith Bank Enterprise Bank, Skye Bank, Heritage Bank, Keystone Bank, Mainstreet Bank, Union Bank, Diamond Bank and Stanbic IBTC.


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