Court dismisses businessman’s ₦150m suit against IGP, Keystone Bank

The Federal High Court successful Abuja has dismissed a suit instituted by a businessman, Abdulaziz Aliyu, against the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Keystone Bank and 2 others implicit the freezing of his concern slope relationship domiciled astatine Keystone Bank.

Aliyu, trading nether the sanction “IBN Ali Enterprise”, mislaid the ineligible conflict successful which helium demanded ₦150 cardinal successful compensation implicit nonaccomplishment of concern allegedly arising from the unlawful freezing of the concern slope account.

Justice Peter Odo Lifu, successful a judgment, threw retired the suit for privation of merit successful the allegations brought against Keystone Bank, the IGP and 2 different defendants.

In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1137/2024, the businessman sued Keystone Bank, the IGP, the Commissioner of Police successful Nasarawa State and the Divisional Police Officer successful Mararaba, challenging the “Post No Debit” regularisation placed connected his concern relationship fig 1012464352 without immoderate justifiable reason.

Specifically, the plaintiff claimed that the enactment of Keystone Bank, the IGP and others successful freezing his concern slope relationship without a valid tribunal bid amounted to an infringement of his cardinal rights to ain and run a slope relationship successful Nigeria.

He prayed Justice Lifu to compel the defendants to wage him ₦100 cardinal for nonaccomplishment of concern during the play helium could not entree t...