A federal high court in Abuja has asked the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN) to unfreeze the bank accounts of 20 #EndSARS protesters.
Ahmed Mohammed, the judge, gave the order on Wednesday after
counsel to the CBN and the legal representative of the protesters agreed to end
the case.
“All processes filed deemed to have been withdrawn in the
spirit of reconciliation, the suit is hereby struck out,” the judge said.
“The order of November 4, 2020, freezing the accounts of the respondents is hereby set aside.”
“An order is made de-freezing the accounts of the
respondents immediately.”
The CBN froze the bank accounts in the heat of the #EndSARS
campaign.
The apex bank had secured a court order to effect the freeze
which elapsed last Tuesday.
Access Bank, in which eight of the accounts are domiciled,
had issued a public apology after citizens started a social media trend calling
on customers to close their accounts with the bank for “colluding with the
government” to oppress #EndSARS protesters.
Addressing the issue in December 2020, John Tsoho, chief
judge of the federal high court, said the freeze order was not targeted at
individuals but corporate organisations allegedly involved in money laundering.
The chief judge said if that step was not taken, the
Nigerian economy could have collapsed at that point in time.
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