CBN Orders Submission Of Statement Of Account Of Baba Ijebu, Nairabet, Others

All banks in the country have been requested to submit the statements of domiciliary accounts of some high profile individuals.

The directive was given by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in a September 15 letter signed by Z. Markus for the director of banking supervision.

The affected individuals include Adebutu Kessington, a businessman popularly referred to as Baba Ijebu and the founder of Premier Lotto; Akin Alabi, a member of the house of representatives representing Ona-Ara/Egbeda federal constituency and founder of Nairabet, and 11 other bank customers.

Others are Adebisi Adebutu, Ajibola Adebutu, Olanipekun Adebutu, Olusegun Adebutu, Mauro Ripamonti, Charbel Chidiac, Oludamilare Alabi, Oluwafemi Babalola, Adetayo Adesanwo and Byron Powell.

“You are required to furnish us with the domiciliary account statements (Excel and PDF formats) of the under listed individuals, including the domiciliary accounts linked to them by bank verification number (BVN). The statements should cover the period, January 1, 2013, to July 31, 2020,” the letter read.

This follows instruction by CBN that banks should place a post-no-debit instruction on the accounts of 38 companies.

The 38 companies includes betting companies, bureau de change companies and some logistics companies.

On September 5,  the companies were accused of forex infractions, moving forex abroad without the required authorisation and “economic sabotage“.

Premier Lotto Limited, owned by Adebutu Kessington, was one of the affected companies.