First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has tendered a public
apology to Emmanuel Omale, general overseer of Divine Hand of God Prophetic
Ministries International, over a N573 million payment error.
Adam Nuru, FCMB managing director, had told the Presidential
Committee on Audit of Recovered Assets (PCARA) that the bank made an error of
posting N573 million into the church’s account.
However, the bank clarified that there was a system error
that affected Omale’s account but no transfer was made.
Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is currently being investigated by the
committee headed by Ayo Salami, former president of the appeal court, for
allegedly mismanaging loot recovered by the anti-graft agency.
The committee had accused Magu of using Omale to launder
funds abroad.
The former acting chairman of EFCC had been accused of
purchasing a property in Dubai using Omale’s name — an allegation the pastor
denied.
Omale, through Gordy Uche, had sued the commercial bank and
demanded N5 billion in exemplary, aggravated, special and general damages, but
the bank resorted to public apology.
In a letter dated September 11, and titled “Re: Bank
Negligence Occasioning Unique Investigation and Defamation to our Client” with
copies of the public apology attached, the bank explained that the sum of N573
million was mistakenly paid into Omale’s account and also denied that the error
was intentionally done to tarnish the image of the cleric.
The apology was published in three national newspapers: The
Guardian, Daily Trust, and BusinessDay.
Adewale Fati and Olugbenga Elemide, the bank’s legal counsel
who signed the letter, stated that the bank regrets the error.
“Please be informed that in line with the undertaking
contained in our aforementioned letter, we have published in three national
newspapers (The Guardian newspaper, Daily Trust newspaper and BusinessDay
newspaper) on September 11, 2020. Please find attached herewith copies of our
public apology to Divine Hand of God Ministries,” the letter reads.
“It is our hope that the public apology has assuaged the
grievances of your client, having seen that the error was indeed not borne out
of any malice towards them.
“Kindly extend our good wishes to your client, whilst
assuring you of our warm professional regards.”
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