Appeal Court affirms N85m fine against bank over freezing of customer’s account

The Court of Appeal successful Abuja on Monday affirmed the judgement of a HIgh Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, which imposed a good of N85 cardinal connected a Commercial Bank and the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, for freezing a slope customer’s relationship with an invalid tribunal order.

A three-member sheet of the court, led by Justice Adebukola Banjoko, held successful a unanimous judgement on Monday that the entreaty filed by the commercialized slope lacked merit and dismissed it.

The slope had successful the entreaty marked: CA/ABJ/CV/1335/2025 challenged the July 16, 2025 judgement of Justice Simon Bature of the High Court of FCT, successful which the slope was ordered to unfreeze the relationship domiciled successful its Maitama subdivision successful Abuja and people a nationalist apology to the lawsuit – Abhulimen & Co Law Firm.

The judgement of Justice Bature was connected a suit marked: FCT/HC/CV/2194/2024 filed by Paulyn O. Abhulimen, SAN, with the commercialized slope and the constabulary listed arsenic defendants.

Abhulimen had sued done the instrumentality steadfast of Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, claiming that successful aboriginal 2024, aft being incapable to entree the relationship of her steadfast –  Abhulimen & Co – and marque transactions with it, she discovered that the slope placed a Post-no-debt (PND) connected it.

The claimant stated that she subsequently contacted an authoritative of the bank, who is successful charge...