The Nigerian Financial
Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has disclaimed reports that it requested the bank
account details of officers of the national assembly and the judiciary.
In a statement on Friday, Ahmed
Dikko, chief media analysts of the agency, said such reports are false.
He said the agency has access to
the bank details of all accounts in the country, including those of public
officers, so it does not need to request such information.
“The attention of the Nigerian
Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), has been drawn to media reports stating
that the unit has requested banks to furnish it with the account details of
principal officers of the National Assembly and the Judiciary. Such reports are
not true,” he said.
“In line with its powers as
provided in the NFIU Act 2018, the Unit already has access to details of all
bank accounts in the country and does not therefore, need to write to
commercial banks asking for the same information.”
Dikko said law enforcement
agencies rely on the NFIU for information on the bank account details of
individuals and corporate bodies.
He said the unit, which serves as
a source to other agencies, cannot therefore request such information.
“As a matter of fact, relevant
reporting entities such as investigative and other Law Enforcement Agencies
always rely on the NFIU for information on bank details of individuals and body
corporate under investigation as they go about carrying out their functions.
Such is a mandatory reporting process,” he said.
“The Unit does not also make
blanket requests to all banks as is being speculated in the reports. The media
and indeed the general public are therefore, requested to disregard such reports.”
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