Court okays CBN request to freeze bank accounts of #EndSARS promoters

November 6, 2020

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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted the Central Bank of Nigeria’s request to freeze the accounts of 19 individuals and a public affairs company linked to the #EndSARS protests, TheCable reports.

A document seen by the newspaper showed that the CBN had filed the request on October 20, 2020, and the court granted the request on November 5.

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