Leading transporter and Managing
Director of Peace Mass Transit (PMT), Dr Maduka Onyishi, at the weekend
displayed a rare feat of fear of God and exhibition of honesty and integrity,
by returning a whopping sum of N2,219,500,000 which was overpaid into his
account by the First Bank.
The amount was refunded by the
business mogul in the presence of the press and other stakeholders.
A cheque bearing the overpaid
amount was received on behalf of First Bank by the Business Manager, Commercial
Banking, Mr Kokelu Ben and the Branch Manager, Unity Bank, Enugu Branch, Mrs
Ifeoma Eleanya.
Explaining how he made discovery
of the huge sum in his First Bank account, Onyishi said that he had requested
for $3m from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN through Unity Bank PLC only to be
paid $10m instead, which is about N3,219,500,000 representing an excess of
N2,219,500,000.
He said: “The amount they paid in
was N3,219,500,000 but my own money there is N1,000,000,000 so the balance is
not my money. I said that I cannot invest this money and be gaining from
another person’s money and I can’t also keep it. I can’t keep $7m Dollars that
doesn’t belong to me.
“I told my bank to pay money into
my account that I want to take 3 million dollars and they paid ten Million
Dollars instead. I called them and informed them that the amount they paid to
me was more than the amount I requested. They told me that the ten million
Dollars was my money.
“I was angry with them. I asked
them how come I have this kind of money and I’m not aware of it. I asked them
how come they went ahead to invest my money without telling me so that I can
use my money and then I can know how much I have.
“I told them that they have
failed to give me a statement of my account even when I have demanded for it
severally. I discovered later that the amount was even more than what we are
talking about because there was another person I asked the bank to pay money to
whom they even paid extra.
“I made enquiries and they told
me that I should wait until when it is time for banks to do reconciliation,
they will discover whether the fault was from First Bank, Central Bank or Unity
Bank. I waited for a whole month and no one called me. I told the devil that he
is a deceiver and a liar. He knows that I need money now that is why this thing
is happening now.
“That’s why I said, let me invite
First Bank and Unity Bank and also invite journalists. I said let me give the
money to First Bank, if they find out that the money is mine, they should
return it. If it belongs to Unity Bank or CBN give it to them. If it is your
own, keep it. So I am giving this money to you to keep on trust.”
He called on the management of
CBN, Unity Bank and First Bank to look into the origin of the money and such
leakages could come with dire consequences for any commercial institution.
“I had sent emails to the bank to
inform them of the wrong payment and they didn’t find anything. My account in
First Bank was not debited so they did not see it. Unity Bank did not see
anything because they just received the money.
“Nobody knows if the money came
through Central Bank because the money came through three organizations before
it came to my account in Unity Bank. Why I am doing this is that if it is
either First Bank Unity Bank or CBN that has this fault, they should as a
matter of urgency block the loophole because this is a sign that people’s money
have been missing everyday. It can also lead to a total collapse of any bank.”
The business manager, commercial
banking, First Bank, Mr Kokelu Ben said that “I don’t have any official thing
to say but I must state that Dr Onyishi is a man of Integrity. When we look in
into the situation we will advise him on what happened and how to remedy this
situation.
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Peace Mass is equally corrupt, a culprit as the connived bank executives to loot the Nigeria Treasury of 7M dollars. Refund the Money in Dollars and not Nigeria Naira equivalent.. It's sad that Nigerians corruption is worsening daily. EFCC should swing into actions n arrest all parties involved
ReplyDeletePeace Mass MD should be prosecuted for conniving with corrupt Bank officials to dupe National Treasury of 7M dollars..So you are involved pay back the 7M dollars cash given to you and not Nigeria Naira equivalent...U want to go n sell the Dollars in Black Market
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